by George Grombacher | Dec 10, 2020 | Blogs
I won’t use Scrooge’s famous catchphrase and this isn’t a blog post discouraging holiday spending, so please continue reading. Instead, I’d like to better prepare you to truly enjoy your holiday season using the three characters Scrooge encountered during...
by George Grombacher | Nov 11, 2020 | Blogs
A first principle is a basic assumption that cannot be deduced any further. Over two thousand years ago, Aristotle defined a first principle as “the first basis from which a thing is known.” First principles thinking is a fancy way of saying “think like a scientist.”...
by George Grombacher | Oct 13, 2020 | Blogs
I want to talk about two significant maxims, the Golden Rule and one attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevky. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” “Society should not be judged on how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its...
by George Grombacher | Sep 23, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Mike Tyson famously said “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” From there, you’ll have to see how your plan survives it’s collision with reality. And so it goes for you and I as well. Hopefully, you’re not physically getting...
by George Grombacher | Sep 14, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Does your desire to conveniently carry lots of stuff outweigh the stigma of wearing a fanny pack? Is that a tradeoff you’ve made, or that you’re willing to make? Speaking of tradeoffs, are you conscious of the decisions you’ve already made or are currently...
by George Grombacher | Sep 8, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Recently, I read about how a pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s glasses were sold at auction for $340,000. While I don’t have an opinion as to whether or not that’s the correct price for his actual glasses, I wondered what the value of his perspective would...