GUEST POST from Don – Won’t Follow Advice

WON’T FOLLOW ADVICE People (generally) don’t follow advice.  My wife is a counselor and she is ultra careful not to give advice.  She gives thought starters.  The client figures it out for himself.  People don’t follow advice, instead they do what they feel is “the right way” (an emotional response). Research proved it.  More than 3,500 adults, studied by Grossman …
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GUEST POST from Don – Old Age Myths

OLD AGE MYTHS Don’t believe the fairy tales. Once you might have trusted the news to tell you honest-to-God truths. Now you should look with “I don’t trust it” eyes. Every other day I read a story about ordinary things which are unbelievable. Fairy Tale #1: People are Living Longer. Headline by CBS NEWS: “Americans …
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GUEST POST from Don – Pantry Pests

PANTRY PESTS No one enjoys unexpected moving meat in his or her oatmeal breakfast!  Sorry! There are pantry products which may contain pests and products which may become food sources to pests.  I spent 30 years helping people eradicate pantry pests from their homes.   First, products which most often introduce pests to your home: 1. Bird seed.  Birds …
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GUEST POST from Don – Can I Retire?

CAN I RETIRE? Retirement requires a bit of math.  You’ll need to know your sources of INCOME?  Will you have a pension, business income (even sharpening mower blades), and Social Security?  The more “sources” of income the better.  Are you planning to live off your savings (see if you can delay that)?  You can’t retire until you know how much …
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GUEST POST from Don – Easily Misunderstood

EASILY MISUNDERSTOOD We know that headlines rarely tell the truth, but SOME are so misleading that they are dangerous to the mind. The Washington Post headline states:  “Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans” Meryl Kornfield and Lisa Rein, October 5, 2025 Three problems with this headline…first they aren’t talking about “older” Americans.  They are …
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GUEST POST from Don – Workslop

WORKSLOP Have you heard this term yet?  It is simply that AI doesn’t “work” very well.  Since it “hallucinates” data so often it creates charts, graphs and other business data which are filled with “gobbledygook.”  Then, knowledgeable humans have to “correct” the program’s data and re-publish charts and graphs with correct information.  95% of businesses which went “whole hog” …
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GUEST POST from Don – A Better Man

A BETTER MAN Esquire had an article about this subject and I didn’t like it much.  However, I loved the question:  “ARE THERE REAL, ACTIONABLE METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ONE’S PATH…?”  Following are a couple quotes: “Guys are struggling.” “Into this void pours everything from the contradictory self-care decrees of social media (learn to say no, learn to say …
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