"Notes" of An Elder 

Nothing in life is of any value unless it is shared with others.

"Notes" of An Elder is a depository of pertinent information, knowledge and wisdom. Available weekly will be an elder's "thinking menu" for your use. Enjoy this bounty.

• Sometimes to go forward, we have to abandon the past.

• The ability to do what you want, when you want, with whom you want, as long as you want to, pays the highest dividends.

• It's not about "ME," it's about "WE."

• Billions of people are "alone together."

• People wish to be heard and understood.

• Listen opportunistically. When you are obliged to listen to something, even when it may be boring, always ask: "What's in it for me?

• Good Questions begin with how, when, where, why, what, and who.

Classic Social Distinctions

• Ultra-Rich

• Rich

• New Poor

• Old Poor

• Middle Class: What is a middle-class job? Middle-class life? Income? Values? Minds? All relics of a bygone age.

• No decision is difficult to make if you get all of the facts.

• You indeed have to protect yourself from your friends more than your enemies. The more you do, the more your friends and enemies will say you haven't done. That's the law of life.

• Every mistake has its own punishment.

• It is better to fight for something in life than to die for nothing.

• The four most important words are: “What is your opinion?”

• No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.

Magic Question

What should I be doing that I am not?

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