- If you are/were at a large or mid-sized organization (middle range businesses are those that have 250-500 employees) start looking at small sized businesses and startups.
2. Participate in conferences, developers forums, seminars and strategy forums. The more involved you are in your profession and the more you know about verticals the better. Speak to and meet your peers and avantgarde leaders.
3. Whatever your last employer, your best chances are to get hired by a competitor. This doesn’t change regardless of your industry and profession.
4. If you haven’t bought the Book of the Underdog yet, buy it. It is the best, life changing book on personal and professional development of the last decade. Now, 3 years later and into a new decade, the book still holds as the gold standard.
5. Pivot if you have to. Read the 15 Invalubale Laws of Growth by John C. Maxwell and The Big Pivot: Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer, and More Open World by Andrew S. Winston.
Relationships
All amorous relationships in your life need to be dynamic. We have numerous posts here on relationships from the male perspective: do a search for 2019 and 2020 and you’ll be floored with relationship advice. We don’t follow the mainstream advice on “working in relationships” because once a relationship needs “work” (other than minor corrections) I believe the relationship should be curtailed. Things to bear in mind:
-People naturally grow apart.
-Monogamy is a myth and all the happy couples that I know have or have had, multiple lovers.
-All relationships end in breakups, hopefully the breakup is gracious and well-choreographed, eg. you have a prenup and a postnup.
-The way you got into that relationship the same way you will split up.
-I don’t recommend marriage for men. If you get married you need to clearly spell out your economic arrangement with the woman. No ambiguity. (The honeymoon phase usually ends in 6 months).
-If you’ve made the mistake of getting married and have kids, you need to obtain 50/50 custody. That is for the kids since they need both a father and a mother in their lives.
In this message, I tell you to run war games on yourself. Is this a brand new concept ? Hell, it is not. In fact, at the end of the last recession in 2011, McKinsey was recommending CEOs to do just that. Now we’re even in a bigger hole. A bigger Recession.
War is merely a continuation of politics by other means -Carl van Clausewitz
Most commercial wargames are designed to run on computers (such as Blitzkrieg, the Total War series, the Civilization game) . But corporation do it, too. Read what Accenture has to say here.
There are books on the subject, too.
Quote of the day:
Proverbs 31:3 “Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings”
The Bible
#Greatnews! I am able to help #smallbusinesses in these trying times.
Phil, an owner of a bar, called me this week. His rent was 4% of his revenue pre-Covid. Now his rent was crushing him. I told him we will lower it, and he’s paying nothing unless I am successful. No obligation. His rent came down 50% after I stepped on it.
Are you in the same situation ? Restaurant/bar, nightclub, fitness club owner ? You will be forced to operate at 25-50% capacity even after you’re allowed to reopen… For the next 12 months perhaps ? How many months ?
Let me know. I have skills second to none. But you got to make that call. Here’s how to reach me.
Steps:
1. Call and let me know your story.
2. If we move forward, sign a Power of Attorney.Then a Business Services Agreement.
3. You send me your lease.
4. After we got your new lease, and only then, you owe me money for professional services. I’ll deduct the price of the call.
He is lucky to keep his job, and that’s only because he’s been at it for over 5 years.
Many won’t be that lucky.
In fact, I project layoffs to be in the thousands at banks, commercial and investment banks.
Make that call and see if I can help you.
Here are some of the requirements at a local firm that I know they are hiring:
- Build and maintain detailed financial models utilizing Excel and Argus.
- Assist in negotiations with lenders and investors through the analysis of various capital structures and cash flow distribution waterfalls
- Research of markets, comps, and development sites
- Review offering memorandums, tour properties, and interface with brokers
- Prepare presentations and materials for the investment committee, investors, and lenders
- Manage due diligence, including the analysis and review of market data, financial statements, development budgets, 3rd party reports, and legal documentation
- Coordinate closings of transactions and correspondence between internal departments and external parties
- Support asset management activities, including repositioning strategies, refinancings, and dispositions.
You may be a good candidate if you meet those requirements; make that call and we can discuss.
Interesting reads for this week
Wework 2018 Gulfstream G650 — one of the world’s most opulent and expensive models — is now advertised at a “reduced price” of $49.9 million on a pre-owned aircraft site, with just 414 total flight hours and 131 landings.-BI
INSIDE THE WORLD OF POKER’S SUPER HIGH ROLLERS -Vanity Fair
8 Moves to Get a Dancer’s Lean Body -Popculture
At-Home barre workout -Popculture.com
Girlfriend-approved post !
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That something is the quarantine doesn’t work. (we knew that from the beginning, BTW).
As the economy is slowly and surreptitiosly reopening, we heard that Renaisance Technologies RENTCH has lost 20% this year (article at Financial Times and Bloomberg).
“The East Setauket, New York-based firm is best known for its Medallion fund, which is only open to executives and employees and has had annualized gains of roughly 40% over the past three decades.
Bloomberg News
Surprised ?
Meanwhile, make that call to see how we can help you.
If we cannot help you, and we determine that in 10 minutes or less, you”ll only pay a cancelation fee.
And if we can give you the right directions… It’ll be one of the best call you’ve ever made.
Now if we can really help you – as in signing on an Engagement Contract with flying colors- you have the best in the world working on your issue or issues.
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A phone consultation with me can be booked from anywhere in the world (make sure you’re adjusting your time to mine – I am on Pacific Time Zone -America). You’ll be required to enter a payment method to secure your reservation.
Please use this Square link (also repeated below). You’ll pay a reasonable fee of $300 for a 1/2 hour chat -we do this over the phone but if you feel the need to share things with me such as documents (non-proprietary, please) we can use Google Docs, Dropbox, or conference apps such as Cisco WebEx, Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts— I use them all. Make sure you use the one app you’re comfortable that it gives you the highest degree of security. If we need further time together, another 1/2 hour for example, you will not have to pay another $300. This phone consult is on a sliding scale after half an hour, your total phone consultation cost will depend on how long we’ll be together depending on our schedules. A full hour, for example, might end up costing you $450 if we so agree. I will not cut a phone call short before fully explaining myself to you and giving voice to my concise opinion, giving you time to take notes. I’m not here to hold your hand, I draw on 20 years of “Senior-level” experience.
If you need to cancel your phone appointment, please do so at least 24 hours beforehand. Otherwise, you’ll be charged a late cancellation fee of $100. No-Shows get charged more: 50% or $150.
The topic/s we’ll discuss can essentially be whatever roadblock(s) you have in your personal and professional life.
Please be as specific as possible. While you can change names for the sake of it, it may be advantageous to you to use your real name because it happened to you and not “your friend”. Have a solid clear, chronological List of Events, just like you do when you go to a lawyer. (To be clear, I don’t give lawyer advice or opinions of law). Hire a lawyer for that one. Lawyers (some of them) are good at what they do. Relationships “therapists” and “marriage counselors” -they’re garbage if you know what I mean. Note: I don’t discuss or entertain any securities offerings or investment advice.
I specialize in low-hope, distressed and high-stakes situations. Career, personal life, geo-tactical decisions, “incredibly difficult” missions, reboots of life.
Because of the nature of my business, all information will be held in strictest confidence. At worst I’ll point you to the right resources. I’ll sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the folks who want it. If you decide to go forward and employ me to undertake a project for you, thereby taking advantage of my personal resource capabilities, you will sign a formal Compensation for Services Agreement which spells out my tasks and responsibilities, the services involved, milestones. and compensation structure (typically a fixed retainer with half of it due at signing, the other half after completion).
Book NOW: Confidential Phone call with Max Cantor
Since I am starting to test this service, readers will understand that I am not able to answer their personal email questions any more, although your thoughts and inputs are always welcomed in the comments here.
Thank you.
Max Cantor
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