Chat with Papaw Joe

Hold just a moment before you pour the pint and let loose the craic.  St. Patrick's day isn't just a drinking holiday.  The Irish have a lot to pass down to the younger generations; both from experience and from cultural traditions.  Draw up into a school circle, lite the pipe and pass a few of it down.
In this special edition, I'll share my own families journey from Limerick as well as point out some similarities to the Irish journey to America compared to recent events.

#johnwayne had saying "you got to have a code, a creed to live by".  These old codes, creeds and customs had a very significant place in society and avoiding them is a slippery slope you just don't want to go down.

Papaw prefers to live by the code of the west, a tried and true recipe for those things not codified in civil law.  Not the least of those codes is riding for the brand: pick something to commit to and commit to it completely.  You may decide to use other analogies: Harry Potter, Star Wars, even Friends ..... either way, find a code!

In this episode, we delve into that at a deeper level than a the standard "a mans word is his bond" parity.   We talk about what it means t respect a brand and how to build a solid one.  So #cowboyup, grab the reigns and hold onto your feelers.

OMG we are moving into doing interviews.  This episode we interview local dirt track racer Chris Tuck.  Chris has dominated his divisions through his hard work and focus, and we discuss that to an extent.  But also, Chris brings a passion to seeing the sport grow through the younger generations.  

Whether you race, travel or whatever your family does, it's important to have the kids in mind so they can get a sense of what it takes to be successful.

Well, I have to do some tweeking and tuning on some technical issues, but why waste the audio.  Tonight, Baby Josh joined in to provide commentary about his 1st successful deer season.

Little Feat had a great song in Willin'.  Is todays world, we struggle to get things done when, in reality, there are people just willin' to keep movin on for just a nudge.  

Let's examine how we tend to become weak by just getting the government or governing bodies to "make" people do things that we feel should be done in life.

God gave us a large vocabulary for a reason.  Becoming Lazy and merging wordds causes us to not fulfill our journey.  

Acceptance and Forgiveness are like settling a checkbook, and one MUST be done beofre the other or it is moot.

Just like the NY Jets, we tend to take things that have a smidgen of sense and keep running them straight up the middle.  Then, we wonder why we haven't seen a super bowl .... hell, it was an awesome idea?!?!

Well, we keep running "Acceptance" down society's throat like it is the magic pill, or the play of the century.  It sounds good in theory, the problem is, the opposing team keeps blocking it.

Let's take a gander at the issue from the outside and see the innate problems with blanket acceptance and how to set our children up for success.

R.E.S.E.C.T , find out what it means to be ........sock it to me sock it to me 

Respect is a funny thing, and it seems the phrase "To get respect. you must give respect" has mutated into a disrespectful little diddy.  Come along, lets have some heart to heart about what respect is and why you WILL give it, even if it isn't earned.  

Weak men make a weak society, and respect is one of the strengths that combat weakness.

One of the most disheartening things we mislead our children towards is to "Follow your 
Dreams".  
I firmly believe this is a significant factor in creating disgruntled adults.  Join us on this discussion of exactly what we are telling kids and the ACTUAL steps to Follow your Dreams.

Life can be broken down easiest into the current internet model of marketting.  Tonight, we ta a deep dive into making decisions on your future utilizing Marketing.

Conversely, we also talk about what HAS NOT been told to you about marketing and economics.

We end the evening with a discussion, and a warning, regarding the Great Quit: the phenomenon of folks actually putting their money where their mouth is and influencing the market with their feet.