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"To America – With Profound Gratitude: My Journey to Freedom and Independence" by Reiko McKendry
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Reflections
As I celebrated my 65th birthday this month, I had a chance to reflect on my life, which has been impacted by both good and evil. I have come to accept this reality of human existence for what it is. … Continue reading
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Returning a WWII soldier’s flag to the rightful owner’s family
This is a story of Kenneth Udstad, a World War II veteran. I came in contact with Kenny as part of an effort to reach out to as many World War II veterans in the United States as I can, … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – My third language to freedom
English is my second language. Growing up in Japan, I was fascinated by everything about it: its sounds, its grammatical structure (which is entirely different from my first language), and the cultural values that it carries with it. To me, … Continue reading
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“With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa” by E. B. Sledge
This is one of the books I wanted to read for quite some time since 2012 when I watched the following two sets of DVDs: A documentary, “The War,” which was a seven-episode program by Ken Burns, which originally aired … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Time Management
Every single day, except on the very last day of one’s life here on earth, each and every one of us is given exactly the same amount of time – 24 hours. Time does not discriminate against anyone. I’m driven. … Continue reading
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Invitation by the Bloomfield Hills Rotary Club
Sometimes, life seems to work in a wonderfully mysterious way. Just yesterday, I spoke at the Bloomfield Hills Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon gathering. The topic on which I spoke was Japan’s post-World-War-II gratitude for America. What I presented was … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – On being coached, an update
Do you know of any professional athletes who do not have a coach? When you are serious about making money AND building wealth (by knowing how to KEEP what you make) as an entrepreneur – as I have chosen to … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – What is an investor?
Depending upon your background, chances are that your definition and perceived image of an investor differs from that of the next person. I only know about one investor intimately – me. Yet, I don’t think why I do what I … Continue reading
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The USS Yorktown at Patriots Point in South Carolina
On Sunday, just two days ago, on the way back from another investment boot camp in Jacksonville, Florida, David and I stopped in to see the USS Yorktown. As students of WWII and, in particular, the history between the United … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – The How
Last month, I wrote about finding vacant properties. We have proven to ourselves that we can find around 150 of them each week during a six-hour, house-hunting trip. This post is about how we are doing it. Also included is … Continue reading
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