Randy Jones | March 25, 2009

Don’t get me wrong—I know that people are hurting financially. It’s devastating that our 401(k)s have lost half their value. It hurts to see the unemployment numbers growing. I get it—uncertainty is unpleasant. But the only certainty in life is, well, uncertainty. Let’s drop the doom-mongering and do something productive. The three most important words in America are Go To Work. This may be the perfect time to build your own company—your own American dream. It may be the perfect time to reassess your life and your profession. At the very minimum, use this time to assess your talents, skills, and passions. Take Maya Angelou’s wise advice: “Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” I think you’ll see the American Dream in all its vivid colors.

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Tags: 9/11, Black Monday, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Maya Angelou, Silicon Valley, unemployment

Randy Jones | March 24, 2009

Healthy, wealthy, wise: Studies say the rich are smarter than the poor when it comes to taking care of themselves. They don’t smoke; they are proactive in managing their health; they take their prescription medications properly. And they live longer as a result. But will economic stress narrow that gap? And more important, how can the rich and intelligent help to spread their good health and longevity down the socioeconomic chain? Thoughts?

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Tags: health care, Johns Hopkins, Linda Gottfredson, University of Delaware

Randy Jones | February 27, 2009

No one feels sorry for the rich, but the rich are people too, and this financial crisis has shaken them to the core, just as it has the less fortunate—all of us really. I’m not suggesting that you pick up the violin for the top 1 percent—those who still control over 35 percent of the nation’s total wealth, albeit dwindling; I’m simply reporting that their pain is real, too. They’ve seen their stock portfolios ravaged, their real estate values decline and their companies (the source of most of their wealth) affected by this economic tsunami. So how are they reacting?

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Tags: economic crisis, Georgette Mosbacher, recession, Roberto deGuardiola, The Rich Are People Too