: About Me

I've dreamt of writing my whole life. From the moment I could read the printed word, I was enamored with the idea of making another world for others to make their own. Looking back at my earlier writings, I have to admit that my imagination was exceptional from the out set.

However, since I've reached adult-hood, I've let myself become jaded and perhaps a little lazy. I have notes on dozens of creative writing projects that, for some reason or another, I just won't get busy on.

I've lived a varied and exciting life. Growing up around alcoholism in somewhat of a Glass Castle type of home (Glass Castle is a book you should all read, particularly if you had a twisted childhood. It will probably have things you can relate to as well as a few that let you know you didn't have it so bad) I was fortunate enough to spend 7 years in Alaska and three months in Puerto Rico as well as a little West Coast life all mixed in with my comparably boring midwest living. I feel like I have the experience and talent to be a writer, I just lack the drive.

Obtaining the needed ambition is something that has recently become my number one goal as the rest of my stratospheric goals can't possibly come about without it. Growing up I was an escapist, but the said goals have forced on me a rigourous regimen of self improvement. My short crecommended reading list:

The Magic Of Thinking Big (author unknown-this is the book that pulled me - out of the rut)

Why We Want You To Be Rich - Trump/Hiyosake

Rich Dad, Poor Dad- Hiyosaki

Body For Life- Bill Phillips

Beating The Street- Peter Lynch

How to Be a Real Estate Millionaire-Graziosi (haven't yet ran course with this one)

These guys are the ones that helped me realize the importance of turning dreams into goals. 3 % of 1934 Harvard graduating class wrote down their goals. The rest did not. 40 years or so the 97% who didn't immortalize their goals had less combined net worth than the 3 % who did. I might have the numbers slid off a little, you can check my accuracy in both Body For Life and the 7 habits for Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey).

Did I ever need their help- here's the upper echelon of my goal list:

100 Real Estate Deals in 10 Years (worldwide)

Stock portfolio picked by me, not broker

3 business started by me that turn more profit than losses on failed ventures

Learn Spanish and 2 add'l to be determined languages

Quit Smoking (hardest one)
Become Competent Welder in 18 months

Become Competent Weld Inspector in 40 months

Publish Novel

Design Video Game
Sell Movie Script

Sell Song Lyrics

Publish Newspaper/magazine article

Buy Island

Buying the island is my penultimate goal. The final one? Die happy.

My passion is ...

improving and seeing the results of the improvement.

I know too much about ...

nothing, knowledge is power. The more you learn the more you realize you don't know.

My parents always told me ...

to clean up after myself. I never listened and still don't.

My childhood ambition ...

Emperor of the World. Hey, a kid can dream can't he.

My favorite memory ...

my hardships stand-out. They made me who I am.

Why I write ...

I feel like I'm a channel for something thats already there. I'm just the catalyst for your awareness of its existence.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

self-improvement/ whatever my 360-netflix account will stream/ classical and baroque music

My first job ...

hard to remember. Had over 20 in my life. First taxable was Pizza Hut.

My best moment ...

is yet to come.

My inspiration ...

is the failure of those I loved most growing up.

Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Since the United States is part of a global economy, should other countries help bail out failing banks?

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In his book, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" Robert Hiyosaki claims that nine out of every ten businesses fail within a year. For those that make it over the first hump, an additional nine out of every ten fail within the first five years. The relevance of these two simple facts to the question isn't as murky as one might think. A bank, like any other business, is privately or publicly owned. It is not government owned. Therefore the government shouldn't be on the hook when the banks are failing within its own borders. The government does not step forward and intercede on behalf of the majority of th...

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