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Success? You Want Success? — THERE WILL BE A PRICE

Big Red Car — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:57:35 +0000

I have two conversations wrestling in my head. Convo #1 – a young man, an impressive, guileful young man full of potential who said something close to: “I am looking for something to do for six months or so that I can immerse myself in and make a lot of money.” Convo #2 – a […]

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The Bananas Foster Theory of Embellishment of Success

Big Red Car — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:45:32 +0000

Other day I read a statement that said, “You can’t really learn from your success.” The thrust of the blog post was that a good kick in the teeth is often the packaging for a well taught lesson — fair play to that. Agree completely. But when reading the “You can’t really learn from your […]

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Success – Celebrating Success

Big Red Car — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:57:32 +0000

Success should be celebrated. Big Red Car here on a sunny Friday in the ATX, on Earth as it is in Texas, y’all! So, we are speaking about how a startup celebrates the victories – the successes – it enjoys during those formative years. Why, Big Red Car? Why do we celebrate success, you ask? […]

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The Value of Failure

Big Red Car — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:49:32 +0000

Big Red Car here waiting for The Boss who is arriving back today from skiing. The wild running late with the housesitter good life is ………………………….. over. So, I was talking with a couple of CEO cars and we got on the subject of the value of failure in long term success. One of them […]

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Beware Success!

Big Red Car — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:17:47 +0000

Big Red Car here. Ahhh, a crisp, cool, sunny morning with the sun just peeking over the trees over toward the University of Texas. [I am parked west of the campus on the other side of Shoal Creek.] Today, the subject is the issue of success. There is nothing that threatens success like success. <<< […]

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Failure is a choice

Big Red Car — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:11:56 +0000

Big Red Car here. It is particularly sweet here in the ATX this weekend. The azaleas are starting to bloom. This is why one lives in the ATX. On Earth as it is in Texas, ya’ll! So The Boss is having a chat or two with his CEO clients and the issue of failure comes […]

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Planning Your Path To The Pay Window, Are You?

Big Red Car — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:57:03 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Boss is still in the Boat skiing. Nothing like Spring skiing — 40F at the base and colder up top but warm and pleasant for the schussing. And, we all love a bit of schussing. So The Boss runs into one of his pals — uber successful guy — who […]

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Drinking From the Fire Hose

Big Red Car — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:36:09 +0000

Big Red Car here. So the weather in the ATX has improved just a bit today. Ahh, still not that sunny weather we’re looking for, Mothah Nature, you got some ‘splaining to do here. So The Boss has had a recurring conversation with some of his brilliant CEOs. It goes something like this. Brilliant CEO: […]

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Cool New Website — PEGGSITE.COM

Big Red Car — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 14:53:18 +0000

Big Red Car here. Hey, rain in the ATX and a huge lightning delay in the Longhorns v Texas Christian University. Longhorns v Christians? Final score after the long lightning delay: 30-7. Horns prevail over Horned Frogs, well, Christian horned frogs, no? So The Boss is talking up a cool new website called peggsite.com. Go […]

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Going the Distance — Diana Nyad

Big Red Car — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:05:23 +0000

Big Red Car here. Lovely day in the ATX, hot, sunny and wholesome. OK, maybe not wholesome but I was running out of superlatives. So what? If you’re talking about Diana Nyad and her 110 mile swim from Cuba to Florida, you are talking superlatives, my friend. Where to start? 1. Age is not an […]

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