How do you warp time in your favor? Simple : walk into a department store's front door on a cool winter's day and experience the aroma's of yesteryear; step into an elevator with a group of youg women and  step back to early dating days. Both of these experiences are guaranteed to warp time in the mind of ant man. And with that, guess what. You will almost certainly  find yourself smiling, feeling warm and feeling good. Now, you tell me what else an old man could want. Only one more consideration: where do you want to be?  As a Kamaaina, the Aina of Hawaii always draws me home. And, I can get there by simply recalling the aroma of either a plumeria tree or better yet, the aroma of pineapple fields and sugar cane being burned or the excesses of  the cannery on Nimitz.  And I go home first class every day, sometimes going back in time as few as days but mostly decades and decades and then, there is no traditional measure of time that means anything. But for all of us, life is good. Enjoy!
Aloha

Back to work for a few days between Holidays :-). Actually, just spending the day preparing my agenda for tomorrow's  Business-line Principal's meeting. As with most time based issues today, I'm running late since tomorrow is be coming focused on 2014, something that should have been settled months ago in order to assure adequate resources are in place! Oh well, better late then never.  Human resources have changed and costs have changed so issue number one is: can we re-price services with new delivery paradigm? Yeah, I think we can. At the end of 2013, we upgrade our capacity to deliver superior service. As company founder, I have a lot of power but have so much more wisdom when I incorporate the brains that I am surrounded by. Therefore, tomorrow should be fun.
And that is all I expect when I work, or otherwise pursue my life. I do not impose on others but I insist on enjoying my life!

The day flew by, part of aging; part of the dynamics of time :-). And was it fun! My concerns about the loss of  a key employee will be a strength of the company. The need to re-define around current resources  and out pops the plan I developed two years as I was recovering from two craneotomies; a plan that in truth developed over the 40+ years since I started  turning companies around, one of those  activities that has been so rewarding that even as suffering from cancer, cardio failure and a strike; all within less than a year I could think of nothing that I would rather do! And, it all starts with each day's positive initial thought and a moment of a silly song. When I met my wife, a school teacher, she thought that I was fey, not overly concerned. Reality was and is, I consume lots of time ensuring that my actions always benefit my clients more than me. The result is always being able to sleep ! As I've said before, Life is good! Enjoy your weekend! And please Aloha!

Wow! Another Christmas gone, and today, one of my Ket employees called to resign. Not exactly a gift to "box up" I needed a challenge as I prepare for the new year so I intend to treat this as a gift??? I have long thought of my job as finding the silver lining and monetizing it, so here we go! Again, I might add.

Ah, another Christmas behind us, kids gone, lif back to "normal". Today, I was reminded that my life-long job has been to monetize the silver lining, after I've discovered it. Today, my most valuable employee called to resign. So, I am back to seeking the silver lining that I can then monetize, the activity that I have called my job ever since I completed grad school in 1968 - wow, that is a lot of time in which to have made so little progress.  Now, I need to spend a sleepless night, allowing a nearly dead brain to stress till it quits functioning for a while (do not tell my neurologist nor my wife! ) but should this be the proverbial straw, at least I will have had some silly time with it. As an old man, silly time is essential daily . None of this of course was random because it sucked up so much of my random thinking time. Oh well, after I solve this problem, random brain pulses will return. In the mean time, let me take my little dog out so that I step in nothing unwanted tonight. If it is random enough, I may share tonight's thoughts tomorrow - goodnight!

Merry Christmas/happy NewYear or Happy Holidays Or, now that winter is here, let's all just find our way through the meteorological junk that is winter and the basis for all this fuss. Again, it is a time thing and the younger you are, the more you're likely to find joy now. But even us old ones do find joy in family. My family is spread over the Pacific but today they are with me and at least for today, this time is totally joy & Love. If you are young, do not forget this comment! Friends, family, these may be all that is with you at the end. A couple of years ago, I was twice within moments/hours of death other than for the love of family that stayed with me and outstanding doctors & together, as a team, they dragged me back so that I could enjoy days like today - my Holiday! Thank you, my family, thank you for everything! I love you and hope that everyone I know realize how lucky they are to have family and friends.  I get "brain pain" now & again and now is again. Lying down is critical just now but I have lots of random thoughts so, I'll be back again soon. Aloha,

Time remains, after 70+ years! the most dynamic element of my life! even as it was in the beginning. It confuses me with its spirit, elusive structure,beguiling attraction and reason to continue sitting on the dock of the bay,  observing its arch  while seeking its wisdom; for us older guys, this is more than sufficient living and provocative thought to support deeper analysis and ,  more time considering time's potential.

Indeed, as I thought a bit a bout the events of the past day or so, I realize that I have lived it all before, but never in the same way or even character, leaving that time, on an entirely new plane, and yet a plane I've visited so often before which leaves wondering, over the plane of time, how many times will I again visit this same three dimensional plane - or does it have more than 3 planes or even more dimensions? That, is something I intend to have time to explore further. This week, I acquired access to over 90 new clients (of course, I worked for more than two years to access these clients. And yet I feel that this effort only started a day or two ago while the conscious effort of considering time, I am left once again, satisfied and confused at the same time (sorry about constant fallback to the concept of time because, it really does not consume me, as my business does! My business: the thrill of providing tools and resources for clients. To toss out frustration, fear and the darkest of feelings. Of course, you have to have been there in order to internalize the thrills that are mine. What a great life this has given me - it could not have been better! Thank you to my parents who without knowledge of it, provided me with a tortured but perfect foundation for the time that I now think of as my life.  And, I never allow the future to consume more than moments because I insist on living this moment so that I can find and shed light on another's dark moment/place. If they know that they don't walk alone, then anyone, regardless of their foundation can over time enjoy the thrill of personal success, but they have to realize it while living it. To that end, I wish everone a goodnight.
Elderly thoughts from a mind in need of rest. From the unsound mind of an old man..."