We have Italians discovering free refills, Japanese discovering unlimited chips and salsa, and Germans road tripping the country becoming Ella Fellas. In this USA 250 simulation, it’s quite simple, we’re winning the World Cup.

90% of life is confidence.

Cool! Now I want to be a farmer!

Last night I walked my dog and ran into three other neighbor couples. Their kids and our dogs all played together for a few minutes. Sometimes the most pleasant things don't cost anything at all.

Andy RN. A clean machine!

Reminder. You are not selling a service. You are selling a solution.

4-1 !!!!!!!!!!

The boys are on fire tonight! GO USA!

What is 1 Trillion times 4%? 40 Billion Dollars. So, if you apply a typical retirement withdrawal number of 4% to Elon's fortune, you could spend 40 very large a year. Not sure how you do that. Any idea?

A German guy named Freddy is going viral road-tripping the American South, treating a Chili's in Chattanooga like a Michelin star. This week's #BuiltWeekly on why World Cup spending lands far from the stadiums—and what it means for CRE. linkedin.com/pulse/passing-b…

Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day. 400 of them are now worth over $100 million. These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries. Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000. Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous." The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before. Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.

I have a new hobby. I show up early for video calls and tell all the AI notetakers Dad Jokes. You should see the emails I get!

Yesterday, a young person who is thinking about becoming a tenant rep asked me a simple question: "how do I differentiate myself to win business?" "Likely not how you think." I said. "You differentiate at the beginning of your career by (1) knowing your chosen market place and it's stats, (2) showing up and calling on people and (3) demonstrating hustle by quickly returning communication." "It's not difficult, but it is hard." "You have to put in the reps every day and really, really stay in the game." "And so few do it, which is why this works!"

The knowledge workers end of day dilemma: Where you "good" busy or where you distracted by low payback activity (LPA). LPA is easy, it's even somewhat fun and it is low risk. It is also the lazy man's way to fill the day. But you make the most when you find your high payback activity (HPA). HPA is what people will pay you the most to do in your job. Start with HPA. Then at the end of the day you can head home with a smile on your face. You, are a high performer!

Ribs done right

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The House That Built Me 3480 Raymond Drive, Doraville, Georgia. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 1886 S.F. Built in 1955, 71 years ago. Worth nearly $500,000 today. We moved in in 1972 and my parents paid $23,500 for the house. It was their first home purchase and we moved from an apartment about 5 miles away. Mom was a school teacher and dad and Landscape Architect at Baldwin & Associates. Harry Baldwin, his boss, lived a 5 minute walk for us and I think Mr. Baldwin told my parents about the neighborhood. The purchase and the resulting mortgage was a massive commitment for them and from what I know now, it was a huge and gutsy move. My grandmother, who lived on a farm and didn't have alot of money, but helped them pay the mortgage. I shadowed my grandmother in her field as she picked vegetables to sell in town. To make money. To help my parents pay for their new home. My dad would soon become an entrepreneur and started his own company almost at the same time they bought the house. Mom quit teaching to raise her two sons (a third to come 6 years later). So they had one (uncertain) income to pay the bills. My parents wanted a stable environment with good schools for their kids and they sacrificed so much to house us. I can't even imagine the stress they were under to pay the bills. And my, how we racked up the food charges. I appreciate that now. What we boys got, was parks to explore and play in and an ability to wander freely in a safe neighborhood, which we did for many hours. We slept great at night! I didn't know any different, but the public school teachers nurtured me. We had many pets including rabbits (ick), yellow bird the canary, and a basset hound dog named Roy who howled loudly when he did not get his way. We also had a German Sheppard names Shane whom we loved SO much. Shane got run over by a car and I had my earliest feeling of severe loss an mourning...I can still feel it today. I love this house and still remember the lessons I learned in it from my parents. I lived there through my earliest memories and some of my warmest recollections of birthdays and Christmas. I remember going down to my Dad's new office space...we took him an automatic pencil eraser for his landscape plans. We thought we were giving him the keys to business success! This house on Raymond Drive was the environment in which I developed into the man I am today. From my parent's example, I learned to be frugal, love my kids not matter what, to love my wife no matter how tough times get, and that being silly and having fun is good for the soul. My dad, the entrepreneur had some tough times, I know. He shielded us from the downs and we celebrated the ups like when he won new gigs. One of my favorite memories is his excitement in winning new business and spinning me around in celebration. My mom fed us, helped us with homework, and listened to our early and then adolescent problems. She fiercely loved us and would march to the school if there were issues. Her incredible love of us is something I think about often. Both my parents are passed now. I miss them terribly. I wish I could call them one more time. If your parents are still alive, I suggest you call them often. The conversations are priceless. When I drive by 3480 Raymond Drive I smile. I am a man because of these four walls and a big yard. My parents got to parent in this physical space. They inculcated values, told us stories, and shaped us in these walls. And my knucklehead brothers and I somehow did not kill each other. In these sticks and bricks, I learned much about being the husband, father and friend I am today. Thank you, 3480 Raymond Drive. May you raise many others in your lifetime. You did your job with me, and I am thankful.