Many people will recognize this famous painting, The Persistence of Memory, by Salvador Dali. It was painted not long after Albert Einstein developed his Theory of Special Relativity that challenged long-held beliefs about time and how it relates to the world around us. Perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise that money has very similar abstract … [Read more...]
Heaven on Earth
Our real agenda? To change the world. And it's working - for those who work with us and also for our clients. From my perspective, money isn't the goal. It's necessary, but it is only the means to an end. And that end is to create an environment in which the people around us and those involved with our business can flourish. Ambitious goal? … [Read more...]
God Saw That It Was Good.
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." - Genesis 1:31 People love to draw lines beyond those necessary to protect us from ourselves. Perhaps Eve was the first "...neither shall ye touch it..." God's command was not to eat. Ignoring the rest of the story, some are determined to follow her example. To his … [Read more...]
DNA Test Links Appraisers with Turnips
You've probably heard the saying that you can't get blood from a turnip. It's true, you know. You can never squeeze hard enough. Not that I've tried. But that seems to be what some regulatory officials may be expecting of commercial appraisers these days. Humor me for a second while I bellyache. With nothing better to do at 3:00 AM, I opened up … [Read more...]
Let’s All Stop Pretending.
Perhaps the biggest threat to our world is the danger that we will all begin to take ourselves a bit too seriously. I see signs of that on Facebook and in the lives of people I know. The world seems to be getting angrier, or more depressed. Maybe it's the product of politics. I'm not sure but I think it can eventually get to most of us. We're more … [Read more...]