Creating Your Legacy

Last night Alicia and I watched the movie Troy and I got to thinking about a line that Brad Pitt's character Achilles said.

Essentially, a young boy had been sent to retrieve Achilles and bring him to fight a man that could only be described as giant. The boy was obviously fearful of the large man and said he would not want to fight if it was him. Achilles simply said, "that is why no one will remember your name".

Don Draper For President

I have an old school mentality and as such I am not always politically correct. I love that about myself. I don't agree with the way that media, feminists, minorites, etc. have made it a sin to be a white male in the 21st century. The televison show "Mad Men" has reminded me of a few of the things that we as men once enjoyed before the emasculation of men.

The Ultimate Financial Learning Tool?

Is the board game pretty much everyone except your 200 year old grandmother grew up with actually the greatest tool we have for learning how to become rich?
I was playing Monopoly with my amazing girlfriend Alicia the other night and it hit me: (no the board game didn't grow an arm and smack me). There are two ways to play Monopoly that are essentially the way people are living their financial lives:

A Society of Miltons

As a species, men are giving in to conformity and mediocrity at an alarming rate. Gone are the days of land living, John Wayne bravado, only to be replaced by "Miltonesque" passive aggressive behaviours, and other traits that men long ago scoffed at.

Men need to reclaim their true selves as women have done in the last 30 years or so. Not to take control but to work together with our women and better our society by erasing the stigmas that have crept up lately regarding what it is to be male in the 21st century.

It is not a bad thing to be male by far. We just need to start doing it better.