by Leif Jensen | Dec 16, 2020 | Rant |
No matter how hard it is to watch and experience, it seems to be in the best interests to allow people to fail, starting with children. While it may seem counterintuitive, it’s one of the best things a parent can do. According to Dr. Stephanie O’Leary, a...
by Leif Jensen | Dec 15, 2020 | Rant |
Delaying gratification, apparently is very good for kids according to studies, and the habits of childhood make us who we are as adults. In the classic Marshmallow Experiment of 1972 involved placing a marshmallow in front of a young child, with the promise of a...
by Leif Jensen | Dec 14, 2020 | Rant |
We have all had the old adage “Work hard and you will be successful”. Believing that with success comes happiness. But along with success, come the mental idea of goals, which pushes goals further away, so no happiness. So, in theory this is a broken formula. It is...
by Leif Jensen | Nov 30, 2020 | Rant, Running a Business |
Radio was worried about tv, tv was worried about cable, cable was worried about streaming services. Now streaming services have a worry. Premium video services are increasingly worried about social media sites, such as TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Twitch, where...
by Leif Jensen | Oct 28, 2020 | Rant |
Did you know that the $2 bill is still in circulation? Did you know that they are not scarce? Did you know that printing $2 bills is twice as cost-effective for the government as printing $1 bills since they both cost the same amount (5.5 cents) to manufacture? But...
by Leif Jensen | Oct 20, 2020 | Rant |
IRS must soon start sending out economic impact payments to prisoners, according to a district court orders after two prisoners filed suit, claiming that the agency was wrongly withholding stimulus checks from them. Nothing in the CARES Act specifically prohibits the...