Adam Mundorf : Philosophical and Financial : Thoughts and Musings

  ReKindling Creative Energy I've Gotten Much Right : Wealth, Power and the Quest for Suffering : Suicidal Empathy : Conclusion By Adam Mundorf Rekindling Creative Energy Life will crush you if you let it.  Your laughter fades or becomes artificial.  You stop playing video games and doing creative things. Your chest and heart is full of anxiety about the future.  Your self worth is affected by outside opinions and social media.  Your life becomes about spreadsheets and 401ks rather than dreams and vigor.  You're focused on the next promotion, that next dollar and that next relationship.  You're so focused on what's next that you forget to focus on the now.  Then suddenly you look in the mirror and you're almost 40.  You focused on things that are to put it lightly minute.  They don't fucking matter and never did.  Misery loves company and people will drag you with them to the depths of despair.  I am convinced the health proble...

  Why I Don't Own an Animal Responsibility and Obligation Selfishness and the Dream Life Conclusion By Adam Mundorf Why I Don't Own an Animal Hey, anyone who knows me, knows I love animals.  They're cute, adorable, fun, intelligent and loyal but I have many issues with modern day animal owners.  People will buy an animal based on how it looks, what they 'want' and their own impulses.  Sometimes they even buy these animals when they can't even afford to feed themselves or their own family.  They could already be in debt and still buy themselves that cute puppy or cat. Responsibility and Obligation Responsibility and obligation is one thing that I aim at minimizing in my life.  I don't take any source of responsibility and obligation lightly.  If I choose to put another thing on my plate, I make damn sure that I can pay every bill and give that responsibility/obligation every ounce of me it deserves.  It pisses me the fuck off, that people will buy ...

  To Die Rich is to Die Disgraced Sacrifice Today to Give More Tomorrow Don't Be a Lazy Sack of Shit By Adam Mundorf To Die Rich is to Die Disgraced I forget what I was reading when I came across this quote by Andrew Carnegie but it really resonated with me.  To die rich is to die disgraced.  What does this mean to me?  Well, I've always been pretty reserved when it comes to my wealth, lifestyle and money.  I have the financial ability and flexibility to do anything (if I pay some tax penalties) but I don't have the want or the need.  This leads me to the next question of why do we hoard all of our money, even when it is in great excess of our lifestyle needs?  Here I am.  I already won the game but yet I still maintain a high savings rate and still invest most my income.   Why? Why do we continue to hoard away our cash, even when the proverbial game is already over? Sacrifice Today to Give More Tomorrow We continue to save and invest be...

What Do You Do When Your Employees Get Sick? The Reward for Hard Work is More Work By Adam Mundorf What Do You Do When Your Employees Get Sick? Listen, I'm all against people who call out of work all willy-nilly.  They are annoying, lazy and completely derail the momentum of the day. We are human beings though and things do happen.  I'm not a big believer in 'random acts' but I even succumb to illness once in a while.  I found this to be the case about three days ago.  I got some sort of sickness that has only now left my body.  I felt like complete and utter garbage.  You would think after years of overtime, sacrifice, flexibility and never missing a shift some sort of grace would be warranted........alas, none was given. This led me to rightfully so, think about a few things.  If I was a leader of a company and I saw my team suffering, I would descend from my proverbial throne to cover their butts.  I scratch their backs and they scratch mine....

The Things People Sacrifice for Money Why I'm Actually Against FIRE but Didn't Use to Be By Adam Mundorf The Things People Sacrifice for Money The importance of looking rich, acting rich and the focus on money in today's society is extremely common.  People will do just about anything to earn a buck including sacrificing their morality, self worth, time, imagination and physical health.  Whether it's porn, sexual acts, your prime years and emotional eating to drown out the lack of fulfillment from your job........there is no limit on what people will do for money.  A while back, I learned how shallow the pursuit of money is.  It's no secret to those reading this blog that I enjoy personal finance, investing and the pursuit of making your money work for you long term with minimal effort.    I'm still a proponent of working hard but Jesus Christ, have some perspective and don't sacrifice things that are hard or impossible to ever get back. Why I'm Actually...

  What I Learned During the Dale Carnegie Course Three Largest Lessons By Adam Mundorf What I Learned During the Dale Carnegie Course Recently, the company I work for decided to host a Dale Carnegie Course for all of its managers and leadership team.  Dale Carnegie is a course meant to enhance leadership qualities while giving you thought provoking scenarios and lessons to use in the real world.  I had a really good time, it allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and taught me three valuable lessons (there are more but I want to limit this blog to the three biggest lessons I learned).  Here they are : Lesson #1 - Adam 'Pause' Mundorf - Avoiding the Stutter Now, anyone who knows me, knows that I've had somewhat of a stutter since a young age.  I'm not talking like King George the Sixth but it's there.  It gave me grief as a childhood but as I got older, it got funnier because I knew it wasn't a disability but my brain moving entirely too fast for my mouth....