Starting Over At 50

We're starting off this week with a realization that there are always folks out there who are going through stuff you can't imagin, and they are doing it just the same.  What is your excuse? I'm all about setting daily goals this week.  Not worrying about next week or next month... just focusing on making today the best it can be, and keeping up the pace to make my life a better place than it was yesterday. Join me as we jump on our own bandwagon and work hard to make our world a better place for all of us!

It's Monday and the world is still coming apart at the seems.  Kids are going "back" to school virtually and businesses are trying to come back from the economic destruction of the political pandemic. But there are opportunities in the madness if you're willing to find them and get uncomfortable. It's Monday...go make it a great one!

So many people are today where I was a year ago.  Waking up to an uncertain future with little to no support structure in place.  Feeling totally isolated and alone on a stormy sea. You are not alone.  Reach out for help, Be Social... there are others in this boat with us.   Wake up, get outside, realize that today is another opportunity to make your future amazing... it just may not be what you thought it was going to be a year, a month or a week ago. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!  Reach out if you need help, and reach out if you can lend a hand.

When you're in the life insurance business, you learn about mortality.  What do the numbers tell us about the impact of CV-19?  Well, as I've mentioned before, numbers don't lie!   https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm We are in the midst of a chaos maelstrom created for just that purpose.  I'll add links to graphs and data a little later, but for now, I need to get back to work and get this uploaded. Stay safe, stay armed

He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword... Matthew 26:52 In this day and age, we don't use the sword that often, but we certainly are a data driven society.  People are complaining that we don't have enough of this or that, or that someone screwed up and we should have had enough toilet paper to go around the world 12 times,  The reality is simply that as our world has grown more reliant on data...for everything... that events such as the Coronavirus more easily catch us unawares and we simply don't have the reserves to address those instant needs for 20x of what we needed last month. I prefer to focus on those things within my control, taking each day as it comes, and working to avoid the mass panic that seems to be spreading from the concept of social distancing to advanced hermitology. Oh...and I tell you how I was able to grab my sweet Oculus Quest that I spoke about last week! And if you like Frank Sinatra, and Whiskey... I strongly suggest you check out Frankly Drinking wherever yo

What is your new normal?  For so many of us, that means a virtual lockdown inside our homes.  But in this episode, I'm going to talk about some technology that can expand your boundaries. Welcome to the world of 3D Printing and Virtual Reality experiences.  We've taken these technologies for granted, but what happens when we're forced to rely on technology to eliminate our isolation.   Give it a listen and let me know your thoughts on our FaceBook Page. Links To Products Referenced Finder 3d Printer : https://www.amazon.com/FlashForge-Finder-Printers-Cloud-connectivity/dp/B016R9E7J2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=QFOWR5U25Z6X&dchild=1&keywords=flashforge+finder+3d+printer&qid=1586543893&sprefix=flash+forge+finder%2Caps%2C506&sr=8-3 Oculus Quest VR Headset : https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-quest-all-in-one-vr-gaming-headset-64gb-black/6342914.p?skuId=6342914

This one is a bit of a rant.  Going on wrapping up week two in social distanced isolation, we're getting a bit stir crazy here.   I felt that I just needed to get out some of my thoughts about what's going on right now, hopefully a year from now I'll look back and not believe what we had to go through... but till then, I'm frustrated, fat and ready to get back to work. Being in Vegas is different from most other states.  We're one of the few that have a low number of infections and Deaths 455/10 as of today and yet we are on a full economic and social lockdown.   We are ALL about service here in Vegas and it seem that our entire economic engine has been put on pause. If you want to share your story, let me know.  Who knows, perhaps we'll have you as a guest on the next podcast.  Otherwise, have a great weekend...if you're on lockdown, it's basically the same as the last two weeks.  If you're not on lockdown.... appreciate it by doing things we can't do here.

So what do you do when they send your kids home from school without a plan?  Shut down all major businesses in town and the strip is boarded up and silent? Who would have ever thought that they could bring the engines of the world to a halt... but they have, and here we sit. For those of you who still have open businesses, rejoice, but be prepared that as drastic actions have taken place in the major cities, it is only a matter of time before trickle down government reaches each and every mainstreet in America. Stay Healthy... Turn off the News... Be good to each other.

Shelter in Place, Don't go Out, Ensure Social Distancing.... Seriously people?  Why are you running to the store to stand in line with 2-300 other people at 6am to  buy 20 rolls of toilet paper.  It's not like we're dealing with Cholera here. Our social structures are being pushed to the limits....but WHY?  There is no shortage of food, water is still coming out of the faucets, and there are no ZOMBIES running through the streets!  I bet if you go frame by frame through Brad Pitt's World War Z, you would be able to see open restaurants in NYC while the zombies ravage downtown Manhattan. Start using your brain people.  We're not running out of water, milk, cheese, or toilet paper.  The only thing we don't have is the logistical means to restock stores which have been cleared out like some endless black friday sale!

Day 1 of the Vegas Coronapocolypse... Casinos closed, kids out of school, runs on so called necessesities at the market.  Thank goodness we have unlimited streaming on Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, Prime and YouTube!   I think I'll take a moment to check out the Joker movie now as the world has been turned on its head.  Head on over to Starting over at 50 on Facebook and share your stories of your world gone mad! Stay safe, stay well, and I'll check in from the bunker soon!

Life is never easy.  It takes work, it takes effort...and you're going to have good days and bad days.  Have had more challenging days recently, but I realize the importance of focus, but at the same time, it's difficult to watch people who are having success who are much younger or less experienced.  Focus...Focus...Forward. Oh...and I hope you had an amazing Valentine's Day.  I believe it's a Hallmark Manufactured Holiday...but it is important none the less.

Happy New Year!  It's been a while since my last podcast.  I've been dealing with that nasty upper respitory bug and wrapping up my chemo treatments.  I thought those things were hard....but let's be honest, getting off the couch that you've held down for the last 8 months is prehaps the hardest task of all. Having recently celebrated big 52... I realized that many things are easier said than done.  And so we begin Operation Day 1  Each day is the first day to get started again.  I'm going to stop feeling bad about what I didn't get done yesterday, and just focus on getting stuff done today. Thanks for all of you who have been with me over this past year in dealing with my cancer and job loss...but its a new day, join us as we put a fire under our a$$ as remake our future into something amazing.

I know it has been a while since I checked in here.  So much has been going on with the final few months of chemo and the move from cancer patient to new business venture. Take a moment and reach out to connect at this special time of year.  Celebrate those who bring you joy, say the words you should say every day, and enjoy the love and connections that make the world a better place. For those of you with friends who are battling cancer of any kind.... take a moment to reach out and be present in their lives.  Tell them you support their fight and that you support them. WarriorUP, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.  We will see you in the new year with regular updates and exciting new journeys!

Facing cancer, joblessness, underemployment, bills and responsibilities...it's easy to see the world as too much to handle.  It's easy to give into fear and depression, anxiety and stagnation.  The TV, Facebook, and Candy Crush can suck you into the vortex of stagnation and apathy. But getting up in the morning, early.  Start tackling that to do list with intensity, aggression and fighting the fears that you face one at a time.  To reach those goals.  To make those dollars, to provide stability both emotionally and financially.... these things are so important. Most of the people around you face each day with the same apathy and fear that they do each and every day.  The problem with this is that the fear never goes away, the monsters under the bed continue to feed on your hopes and dreams and at the end of the week you look back and realize that you didn't make any progress, you're still in the same place you were a week ago, a month ago...perhaps even years ago. It's time to

The two most impactful days in your life are the day you enter the world...and the day you leave the world.  Everything else in between is represented by a dash on your grave marker. The dash is important  It's your hopes and dreams, your failures and successes...and everything big and small that fits in between those two dates etched in You alone control what you do with those days.  Set a goal, or give up.  Reach for your dreams, or sit on the couch and watch re runs of the simpsons. At the end of your days, your will need to look back and either realize that you went raging off into that good night, or you dragged yourself off the couch just one more time to pass away in your bed. This isn't about cancer...its about life.  Those of us who face cancer every day have perhaps a better view of our mortality, but we all share the same potential to take each day and drain the life out of it.  So go forward and make your life amazing....embrace the DASH and make it something to cel

I am hard at work getting my insurance license. Taking chemo. And getting ready for the fall. What are you doing?

We've given up on jumping on someone else's ladder, we're building our own from the ground up and taking the next step to reach our goals for success and prosperity. One of the biggest lesson's we've learned at this point is that once you've been down for a while, you tend to accept subsistence as the norm.  We accept the value menu lifestyle and stop reaching for the prime cuts.  We've decided that with a shorter timeline of starting over at 50...we need to take our future by the horns and make it work for us.  We have the drive, the desire, and the willingness to go out on a limb. Success does not come to you (although we do by the random lottery ticket....only when we travel since Nevada does not have a state lottery).   But success is waiting for you to go and grab it.  Don't settle for powdered milk and don't sell yourself short.

Every day is a new opportunity to make your life different.  So often we want to see the long game before we take that first step.  Paralysis of Analysis as it is frequently called.   But we are building our ladders....even if that ladder just looks like a stepstool at the moment. Please take a moment to visit some of our companies.  Give us your opinion and drop any questions at my facebook page, Starting over at 50. www.Wallriders.com www.Patriotbotanicals.com

So, you grew up in the 70's 80's or 90's.  You thought that the key to success was to join a firm, work hard for 25 years and retire with a big fat pension.   Unfortunately, we've found that more of more people of our generation lack that upward mobility.  The ladders are broken and the cupboard is bare.  What are you going to do now that your chances to advance are limited. This week starts our new phase of building our own ladder.  Taking control of our future and making our own success happen.  Is it going to be easy?  I highly doubt it, but unemployment isn't a vocation and stagnation isn't a place you want to make camp. Join us next week as we start to lay out our plans for building our own ladder to success and review the opportunities that are still available for people willing to make it happen on their own...or with some help.

This isn't a podcast about my journey with cancer, but when you get that diagnosis, the first thing you do is check out the 5 year prognosis.  What are your chances of being alive in 5 years?  It gets pretty dang serious. Time is short, especially when you are starting over at or after 50 years of age.  The options you took for granted when you are young, the assumptions about what it takes to be prosperous, they are all different now.  You've got 15-20-25 years left to "make it" to that finish line of retirement.  But now you need to make better choices, do a deeper dive on how you will spend your time and what is important in life. It's your life....it's your ladder... you have all the tools and skills to make it happen, but you're going to have to make fewer mistakes and work harder to fit the hustle into your next 5 years. Do work, make it happen...we're all in this together.  And to all my listeners who might be fighting the big C....WarriorUp and make each day count!