When the Pendulum Swings, It Usually Swings to Excess
Things are good. Things are not good. Those seem to be the two lenses through which most people view the world most of the time. “Human...
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ACosgrove
- Oct 7
Really - Stop Fooling Yourself!
Richard Feynman’s first principle was that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool. One way we fool ourselves...
ACosgrove
- Aug 22
You Must Not Fool Yourself
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”(1) The great physicist, Richard...
ACosgrove
- Aug 4
Make Time Your Friend
In business and investing, it's remarkable how we get so wrapped up in the topics of the day: what will happen to the economy? Will there...
ACosgrove
- Jul 19
Wealth Destruction or Inflation
For the last 25 years, U.S. wealth growth has handily outpaced GDP growth(1). In their efforts to avert the consequences of financial...
ACosgrove
- Jul 5
Why It's Hard for Entrepreneurs to be Investors
An entrepreneur is that special breed of person who will back themselves in spite of the odds being against them. Invest in a collection...
ACosgrove
- Jun 22
Your Choice: Volatility or Debasement?
“No one likes volatility but the alternative in this particular instance is debasement. And speaking for myself, I would rather have...
ACosgrove
- Jun 20
Inflation is Still Misunderstood
Sick of hearing about inflation yet? Not us. And we’ve been talking about it for a while! Well, we always talk about it, because growth...
ACosgrove
- May 24
The Buffett Paradox aka Do You Really Understand What You Own?
In investing an index is a way to measure the performance of a group of stocks, and the S&P 500 index (the 500 largest companies in the...
ACosgrove
- May 3
Entrepreneurs & Enrollment
If you look around your world you’ll see a lot of attention given to systems of enforcement. We see it in education with the...