My Little Crumb

Despite the requests of several readers, I obviously haven't written anything for a couple of months.  I am not completely sure why...I certainly don't suffer from "writer's block".  Quite the contrary...in fact, I have ideas popping out all the time, mostly when I am ten minutes into a solid run on the treadmill. But, it does take effort to put them down on cyber-paper, and probably what really stops me is that I know that once I start, my perfectionism will kick in and I'll have to proofread the dang thing fifty times before I am comfortable with it. So sick.

But, yeah, it has been really nice for people to ask me when the next blog is coming out. By the way, juuuust in case you aren't up to speed on Internet lingo...this really isn't a blog...it's more of a book or manual than a blog, but I guess "blog" is in vogue, so if you wanna call it a blog, feel free. Sorry for the digression...anyway,  that I have some influence on one or two or ten or one-hundred lives is very fulfilling.  What more could a person ask for than to help others!

(Oh! - speaking of writer's block...how come when a brick layer doesn't feel like going to work, he doesn't just stay in bed and tell his wife, "Honey, I'm not going to work today...I have brick layer's block."  Well, we all know the answer to that one: she'd pop him over the head with a frying pan and tell him to get his ass in gear and get to work! So what's the deal with writer's block? Is it just some excuse for writers to take a day off?  (Ok, I confess...most of you probably recognize this from an episode of Seinfeld...but it's still funny, no matter how you watch or read about it). Writer's block. Yeah, right.)

If you're still with me, I wanna let you know what's coming up in the near future.  I am going to write about three things. These three things are going to open doors and turn on lights for you. One of them, I saw employed by Gustavo Fring (shame on  you if you don't know who Gus is!)...he's a master!  The others, I have been considering for some time and will really divulge how I think, but more importantly, they will enlighten you - perhaps quite a bit - about how YOU live your life and how you try to be and CAN be more happy.

I hope you come back and read what I have to tell you. If you're on the fence, let me tell you what the sage old man at the race track once told me: "Mike, you are about the best handicapper I have ever seen and I know you have incredible insight and technical knowledge about horse racing...but don't ever forget, in every person and in every book, there is a crumb of information that you might not know. Always, always be willing to scoop these crumbs up because eventually, they'll make a cookie. Each little crumb is important. Do not be too smart to think they aren't."

Great advice, old man. Great advice.

Maybe I can give you, my valued readers, a crumb.

See you soon...