Month: February 2024

I had a very bad experience with an engineer who ripped me off, that story is here: https://joelx.com/my-review-of-aaron-ryan-hoover-at-ceed-civil-engineering/17491/. I am not going to get into that here, instead I want to focus on something very interesting: Somehow he got all the negative reviews of his business removed from Google Business Profile including the one I wrote.… read more “A way to remove Google Business Profile negative reviews”

Autobiographies are the best way to learn firsthand from those who have “won” at business:

Sam Walton – this is easily the best. Solid gold nuggets of wisdom every page.

Henry Ford – strong business, science, and tech ideas. Plus his biography of his good friend Thomas Edison is great.

Larry Ellison – pretty solid.

Richard Branson – okay autobiographies, probably too many though.

Why are so many people not having children, or having fewer children? Why are families often so disconnected?

I think part of the issue is that people over-emphasize friends. Friends have a place and are good to have, but they do NOT replace and they should never be more important than family.

Grandparents who would rather hang out on the golf course with their peers rather than help their kids raise their grandkids are a big part of the problem.… read more “Are friends detracting from families?”

When I was in college and afterwards living in big cities, my friends and I looked down our noses at fast food restaurants like McDonald’s. We thought the food was poor quality, unhealthy, and for peasants. We spent lots of money at fancy restaurants feeling smug.

Now that I have four kids (as of about 20 minutes ago!!),… read more “McDonald’s with Play Places are my new favorite restaurant”