These are my Momentos, short personal diary entries I write daily – since 2013 – and publish monthly. Some links are affiliate links.
Momentos
Momentos – June 2021
1 Growing up in Ireland it was rare enough to see lightening, maybe a few flashes a year. Here in Tbilisi we get prolonged lightening storms a few times a year, flashes every few seconds and the show can last for an hour or more. Like it did last night. 2 A few minutes to …
Momentos – May 2021
1 I’ve heard said that kids rarely listen to their parents, but they often end up imitating them. Notice it myself as I get older, patterns of behavior – some good, some bad – similar to my folks. And if you don’t break a pattern, you’ll probably pass it along. 2 Blending a jug of …
Momentos – Apr 2021
1 Haven’t left the apartment in two days. Haven’t needed to, haven’t wanted to. It’s late now, dark outside, sound of a neighbor playing piano. I should get to bed. In the morning I have to finish the newsletter then go find a wheelchair, or crutches, maybe a zimmer frame. 2 I see the Dunning–Kruger …
Momentos – Mar 2021
1 My first memory is visiting my great-grandmother in a nursing home. I would have been 3 years old at the time, she in her 80’s. I don’t remember ever meeting her again. She’d have been 18 or so during the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago. 2 Read recently about a parent who watched …
Momentos – Feb 2021
1 The older I get, the less public I want to be. Not sure why. I used to crave attention and recognition, worked hard for it. Now I’d rather stay under the radar. Give me a $100k business where I can be low key, rather than a $200k business with my face all over it. …
Momentos – Jan 2021
1 Morgan Housel with a big truth: Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works… We’re all biased to our own personal history. 2 Being grumpy is stupid. There’s no benefit to it. The person you’re grumpy with comes away thinking …
Momentos – Dec 2020
1 Two years ago today a friend jumped on a call with me and sparked the idea of eBiz Facts. So far this year the business has pulled in more than $110k in revenue with a very healthy profit margin. And the best part is that I’m just scratching the surface. (Hopefully.) 2 Message from …
Momentos – Nov 2020
1 Friend of mine used to make $20k a month doing some grey-hat SEO stuff online. Could have kept going, but didn’t feel good about it, so he quit. I respect that. $20k/month is great, but only if your conscience is clear with how you’re earning it. 2 Mark Manson wrote recently about the Law …
Momentos – Oct 2020
1 Shortlisted some writers and gave them a trial job, pointed to this profile and asked them to do the same thing for another YouTuber. Two did great, clearly read the existing content and matched the writing style. The other three couldn’t get out of their own way. 2 The first group of people, when you …
Momentos – Sept 2020
1 Fake gurus don’t respond to criticism by taking a hard look at their business and cleaning up their act. No, the way they see it, the problem isn’t their bullshit teachings; the problem is people calling them out on their bullshit teachings. So they try to silence those people. 2 Talking with a friend …