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I have come to realize that in all aspects of my life HOPE is a choice, a discipline and a duty. When I was younger HOPE often came naturally. Now as I edge closer to the midseason of life, HOPE has become a duty (aka responsibility). More importantly, hope and endurance should be soul mates. While thoughts like this float around in my head - I hope you find a few significant.

Here is a look back at the highlights over the past 12 months from “5 Significant Perspectives from Resolve Lending, Inc.”:
1. I am starting to believe we live in an era of GOOGLIZED followers. A GOOGLIZED follower is someone who has a “thin slice of internet knowledge” then wants to use their “thin slice” to influence leadership. The problem with our current information age is leadership has become flat because everyone at the table believes they are as intelligent as the leader themselves. (Of course if they were to BING their knowledge, they would have a much deeper understanding.)

2. It is not a depression or recession it is a “Reset-ssion” of our expectations going forward. Remember, 10 years from now the United States will have 100,000,000 people 65 years or older, in a country of 300,000,000 – that’s approximately 30% of our population. Demographics are one of the greatest economic indicators.

3. “Around the year 2005, a sudden spark will catalyze a Crisis mood. Remnants of the old social order will disintegrate. Political and economic trust will implode. Real hardship will beset the land with severe distress that could involve questions of class, race, nation and empire. Yet this time of trouble will bring seeds of social rebirth; Americans will share a regret about recent mistakes….” This was written in 1997 in “The Fourth Turning” by Strauss/Howe.

4. Apathetic Life: I am learning over and over that when I become cynical, I become apathetic. Therefore a cynical heart breeds an apathetic life.

5. It’s always great to hear what you have been reading, shoot me an email and let me know. Here are a few great books I read this year which I highly recommend: Lords of Finances by Ahamed; The Great Crash of 1929 by Gabraith; The Fourth Turning by Strauss; and Failure of Nerve by Friedman.

Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Jeff