A Teaspoon, a Bucket, or a Tractor Trailer? Revere...

A Teaspoon, a Bucket, or a Tractor Trailer? “The Ocean doesn’t care! The Ocean just wants to OUTFLOW!” If you are familiar with this statement then you know Reverend Ike. And it is with my deepest sympathy that we remember the great Reverend and what he did for the world. The Reverend passed away on July 28, 2009. Reverend Ike, also known as Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter, delivers a sermon in 1977. In Money...

Proven Business Relationship Agreement – Par...

Proven Business Relationship Agreement – Part 1 By DC Cordova In this series of posts, I’m going to share with you what has worked for me in business for the last 30 years. I currently have business agreements with partners in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the United States. I’ve done business with well-known authors, speakers, artists, producers, film-makers, promoters, government ministries,...

The Buckminster Fuller Annual Memorial Lecture ...

The Buckminster Fuller Annual Memorial Lecture – 1997 (Introduction: I found many of Bucky’s writings to be pivotal in my education . So I decided to piece together those words that have had an tremendous impact on my life — and read them for you — as if Bucky were here. I think you will forever see the world in a whole new way.) Specialist verses Comprehensivist I thought her essay, Women in the...

Hamburger Heaven: What Mustard and Ketchup Did for...

Hamburger Heaven: What Mustard and Ketchup Did for Me I found the secret to creating Heaven on Earth in the oddest of circumstances: A backyard barbecue. While setting the table with condiments for our hamburgers, my friend Cherrie said, “Don’t put the mayo out for me; I don’t use it.” “Me, neither,” said Jim. “It’s for Glenn,” I replied, as I placed it on the table. Next, I put out the ketchup and...

Davos, Debt & Systemic Failure...

Davos, Debt & Systemic Failure When West Meets East The preferred diet of most Davos attendees is a fusion inspired composition of individual, government, and corporate debt combined with a free-market frisee of lax regulatory oversight held together by a roux of central bank credit that dissolves instantly when paired with matching counter-party risk. The January 2008 gathering in Davos, Switzerland at the World...

An Act of Gratitude...

An Act of Gratitude by Marian Head November 2001. Influenced by the horrors of September 11, I decided not to wait until January to write my annual New Year’s letter. With Thanksgiving only three weeks away, I decided to move out of the numbness that set in on 9-11 by entering into the fullness of gratitude. I started each paragraph in my Thanksgiving letter with “I am thankful for…” The goodness in my life unfolded...