Millennial Abstract

I want to address the recent ‘buzz’ about Saudi Arabia and my view may be controversial but it’s an important prospective to consider. We heard news that a Saudi Journalist was murdered in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey.  Is this the first time we’ve heard of people being mistreated by the Saudi government? No. Does that make it right? No. Do we in the western world condone such atrocities? No.  Is the Saudi government an absolute monarchy? Yes. Did this happen on their soil? Yes.  My point is not made, I’m just getting started. Here in the U.S. people don’t think much of Saudi Arabia, they seem to be a country that has a lot of oil, they make their money, and they pretty much stay out of the news. Saudi Aramco is the name of the family owned, state owned oil powerhouse that supplies the world with 12.5 Million barrels of oil per day. That’s a billion dollars in revenue per day, and the company is planning an IPO with a valuation of 2 Trillion.  ...

From when I got my first job at age 15 working in a candy store, I always knew that I'd open my own business one day. At the time I wanted to open a wholesale food distribution company, and over the years that vision changed to, hookah bar, wine store, and real estate developer and now, finally to brokering commercial mortgages for real estate investors. Over the last 15 years, through every job that I had, I always took it as a learning experience. Working for small business owners I was able to get a well rounded understanding of how the business worked, and how the owner thinks. I always learned what to do and sometimes learned what not to do. Through the ups and downs I always gave my best work, as if the company were my own. At times I worked for as little as three months in a company and when I felt that I've learned enough, I would move on. but usually I would stay in a job from six months to year before I got totally bored and needed to move on. To have a fulfilling...

It pains me to be one of the thousand people writing their condolences to the families, business owners and millions of refugees sent from their homes, but I must. I must write because I too feel pain on this matter. Not by mere human sympathy but in a sort of convoluted empathy. In a sort of sorrow & familiarity. Texas, such a great state and such amazingly cool people. The biggest of the continental united states and about the same square mileage as the sovereign state of France. Texas is the mammoth of states the mecca of roads and could survive as a country of its own militarily & economically.  The state of Texas has a gross domestic product of 1.6 Trillion ranking 2nd after California, and just ahead of New York. So if your one of those who think that Texas is nothing but horse ranches and egg farms you better get your head straight. The people of Texas are very smart, orderly & well mannered. They are polite, honest and have a strong work ethic. The...

Long time since my last blog post but here we are. I wanted to talk about my experience in what I call job hopping over the last ten years. Over the last ten years I've worked in many different industries for periods as long as three years & for as short as three months. Ever since I was a little kid, I was starting businesses. My first business that I can remember was drying out Mango seeds on our front porch, branding them as wallets & selling them for 25 cents a piece. Or later selling Soda's out of my locker in school, by the time I was twelve I had a draw full of cash, but what changed? Why did I go job hopping? Why did I not continue my entrepreneurship? Well I did, Just in a different way, when I was about fifteen I was building computers and had my own little IT business. A man told me with a very stern voice, "you had best get out of the computer business, there hasn't been a dime to make since the dot com boom". I immediately began to pan...

It's a beautiful Sunday morning, a new beginning. Soft music, fresh air, hot coffee and a book, Sunday morning makes my week. A calm aroma surrounded by a quiet urban garden, Birds chirping, Not much else going on, but peace, Subtle, soft Spotify tunes, The coffee is ready, A country song comes on as I see, The book, the coffee, my to do list, "Hey!?" This is Instagram worthy, I smile & sit down to read, I'm grateful for bright Sunday mornings, Hashtag new beginnings Hashtag Instagram worthy Hashtag this feels like an Ikea catalog, On Sunday morning, A clear head to think, To process the week ahead, I hold my coffee close, as I look out my bedroom window, Into the green, through the bars of my black Brooklyn fire escape. The damp, June morning air, The cloudy but peaceful morning sky, A single siren in the distance, Barely echoing over the sounds of my Sunday morning playlist, Someone's in trouble already, I think about ...

Creative Talent is something embedded in each and everyone of us, whether you are a Billionaire Entrepreneur, a Street Artist, or a child in Africa setting up light fixtures to deter the lions. We all use the creative mind in our daily lives & it is important to keep it active & healthy. Some people are more creative than others but ultimately we must all feed the creative mind in order to progress. No matter which line of work you may find yourself in, this concept will prove to help you in any way you see fit. No matter what you do for work, how many kids you have to feed or where you are in the world, you need to feed the creative mind. Whether you paint portraits of people for a living or you sit at a boring desk job, feeding the creative mind will help you perform better & eventually love what you do. When you create something you feel the satisfaction instantly. It makes life more exciting, It makes one feel that they have contributed something to this world,...