by Gary | Jul 26, 2024 | Living
I recently read a great book: “The Joys of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning” by Gautam Baid. The book includes insights and wisdom from influential figures like Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet—all the big guns—but it’s not just about...
by Gary | Jun 19, 2024 | Living
Can you imagine getting a diagnosis from your doctor that you have a terminal illness on the day you and your wife come home from the hospital with your second-born baby daughter? That’s the devastating reality Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya faced when he was...
by Gary | Jun 3, 2024 | Living
Do you know that feeling when someone comes along and says exactly what you have been saying but puts it into a book that becomes a best-seller? That’s how I felt reading Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation. He unpacks how smartphones and social media have...
by Gary | Apr 29, 2024 | Living
I just read Peter Zeihan’s amazing book The Accidental Superpower, which first came out ten years ago. The guy knows his stuff about geopolitics and how a country’s location impacts its power and influence. The book argues that America became a superpower...
by Gary | Feb 20, 2024 | Living
Don’t Get Between A Man and His Tea If you know me, you’ll know I’m a tea man. It’s part of being a Southerner, and as Allison Glock wrote in her article a while back, this beverage is all part of Southern culture. As she writes, “Sweet tea isn’t a drink. It’s culture...
by Gary | Jan 31, 2024 | Living
Book Review: The Good Life Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger, MD, and Marc Shulz, PhD I have the same friends that I had in high school. My wife and I have been together for almost 30 years. I spend a lot of time...
