The Daily Journal

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Sunny 83 Degrees 8:56 a.m. Something shifted with the advent of algorithm-driven social media. Objective reality took a hit. In the “old days,”” industries had structures. There was a lineage. There was succession. It didn’t take long to discover the elders, the experts, the veterans. Those were the folks … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Mist and Drizzle 78 Degrees 7:30 a.m. In school, we were taught that spelling matters. In that case, they were talking about letters and how they go together. Out in the real world, spelling DOES matter. But I’m not talking about ordering letters correctly, I’m talking about the SPELL … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Cloudy 79 Degrees 9:14 a.m. Is what you have what they actually want? Or is it simply a vehicle to get to what they want? If it’s a vehicle, then it doesn’t make sense to shine a light on what you have. It makes sense to tell the story … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Sunny 82 Degrees 9:07 a.m. Years ago, when I was dating my wife and doing my best to convince her I was worth sticking around for, we spent a lot of time in New York City. She was from Long Island, so we’d usually take the train into Penn … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Sunny 80 Degrees 8:37 a.m. Being alone doesn’t mean you have to be lonely. And if you’re going to be an Incomparable Expert, you will, by definition, be ALONE. This is not a problem, it is an advantage. The Matrix trains its slaves to dislike this feeling of being … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Clear 78 Degrees 6:24 a.m. It’s challenging when people let you down. Folks who could achieve, don’t. Clients who say one thing then do another. People who promise X but deliver Y. Even friends and loved ones just don’t always live up to the standard. Sometimes, you just have … Read more