Ripencil
Listen to those that have the fruit from the tree.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
College Talking Points
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Courage When Livelihood is On The Line
"How can a society remain free if those with the knowledge to expose fraud do not have the courage to do so?"
-Orrin Woodward
As a kid I used to think that doing good was an easy choice to make. Obviously, when you're young with no responsibilities, full of energy and with nothing to loose ... which ever way you go doesn't have much of an impact. Kids also don't understand right/wrong the same way as adults do.
The individual who's working paycheck to paycheck with a family to feed has much to loose by divulging fraud from his company. While we know what the right thing to do is we also know what is on the line; what will be lost by divulging fraud.
Money is a curious thing that makes it increasingly difficult for the man that needs it to hold his ground against tyranny. In these critical moments, we forget that life is finite and that we will die either way. Will we die being proud of those decisions we've made or realize our mistake and wished we could go back to make better decisions?
"It has been said that for evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing."
-Charles Frederic Aked
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The Invisible Economic Influence
- "1913" book by Oliver DeMille explains what happened in 1913 that helped give more power to the financial system.
- "The Financial Matrix" book by Orrin Woodward gives the name "Financial Matrix" to this financial entity that is all around us. The book explains what "it" is as well as how to navigate within it.
- "Insidious: The Rise of the Financial Matrix and the fall of Economic Freedom" book by Orrin Woodward is a follow-up to his earlier work above and exposes the entirety of the scheme and proposes a solution.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tariffs and New Beginnings
The War on Tariffs will bring changes to the Canadian working landscape. Now, more than ever, is the time to re-imagine ourselves in order to face the challenges ahead of us. To some, this will mean a career change.
"We don't control where we start our journeys, but we do control what we do once we've started. The goal is to take what we've been given and do the most we can with it."
-Chris Brady/Orrin Woodward
It's never too late to re-invent ourselves. We have to do what we must to thrive in this new, uncertain, economy.
Survival mode activated...
Hold off on big purchases as this isn't the time to get into unnecessary debt. If you don't need that new vehicle then wait until such time as a degree of stability has returned.
No one knows what tomorrow will brings but we know for a fact that things are not as stable as they used to be.
Prepare in consequence.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
CEO's Situation Isn't The Same as An Employee
CEOs are quick to point out when they "work on weekends" or "don't take vacations" or "do 16 hour days" somehow thinking this is the path to become a CEO or what any employee should be doing. What they fail to understand is:
- CEO build their dreams while their employees have their own goals or lack thereof. Whether it be consciously or unconsciously, an employee knows when he's building someone else's dream versus his own and act in accordance.
- CEO's paycheck is generally disproportionately higher than most other employees and tied to the company's overall performance creating an incentive not usually shared with employees.
- To some, there's more to life than work.
- When an employee goes above and beyond he's usually rewarded with more work rather than a promotion.