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Politics is made up of two words: "Poli," which is Greek for "many," and "tics," which are bloodsucking insects. - Gore Vidal

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair

Ownership is the finest form of reconciliation. Read Malcolm X on economic self determination. - Rick Rule

“Waves have been breaking on the planet for tens of thousands of years… except for the ancient Polynesians  it’s only been in this century that surfers began riding these waves…

The most spectacular break on the north shore is The Pipeline… some of the locals have made a career out of riding the pipeline… I call them The Varsity; Local’s like Johnny Boy Gomes, Michael & Derek Ho,  Liam McNamara, Sunny Garcia, Larry Rios, Gerry Lopez… These guys are pipe specialists… if you think you are going to hop off a plane from somewhere, go out there and dazzle someone you are in for a very humbling experience…” 

                - Bruce Brown: Endless Summer II

Balance in Life > Piece of Mind > Helps us with Clarity > Critical Thinking.

Traveling when one is young can be constructive. A primary lesson has been ACTION in international markets is a completely different and illuminating endeavor.

As a young man with the U.S. Navy there was no genuine conceptualization  of true ownership when assisting with Navy Exchange in Asia. Fortunately, the overwhelming energy within Asian cities & markets humbled an outlook enough to know I’d been completely removed from the real game… competition and building… didn’t understand all aspects but gained enough experience to start to understand how sheltered a group was back in subsets or USA Inc.

What really is ours in this world? How is wealth & value created?

How can we align our passions, callings and vigors of life with equitable solutions?

Paddling out to surf is a great analog / metaphor. The more challenging and compression of power - wave energy nearing the shore - the more dynamic, perilous & satisfying the experience.

Efficiency > Gerry Lopez teaches the ultimate lesson in “Don’t fight forces, Use them.” [R.B.F]

Skin-In-The-Game Philosophy is comprehensive given the chessboard is constantly moving. Dynamic flows of current / mediums. You can truly be on your own without any assistance should you find yourself in a real problem during a large set of incoming powerful waves.

The Hurdle > Anything worth pursuing this beautiful can be best understood in moments of time - space where one achieves a new outlook upon life which few will ever understand.

    “Only a surfer knows the Feeling.” - Billabong Advertising 

The primary asset for most all within the financial services community is their cash flowing job.

Recent evolution at our project in Manantiales, Uruguay has made it crystal clear of the illusion of control when using contracts within the former Republic.

Tactical thinking Lawyers - Billable Hours have to move every morning according to the narrative > the Christmas Story of TheCollective.

Those of us who have engaged in international finance around James Bond know the modern state is an illusion without specie money.

“The theologian Paul Tillich wrote that suffering upsets the normal patterns of life and reminds you that you are not who you thought you were. It smashes through the floor of what you thought was the basement of your soul and reveals the cavity below, and then it smashes through that floor and reveals a cavity below that.”

—David Brooks, The Second Mountain