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Wise Warriors

15 Apr

The boys dim the lights and get up close and personal to discuss issues of chronology. Young at heart? Wise beyond your years?

In this, the first of a two-part series, Jim and Chris discuss the enlightenment of age. As Sir Francis Bacon said, “I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.”

So, wise warrior, get off your high horse and join us to ponder questions of experience. You may question the experience afterward, but at least your horse will have been enlightened…

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Restructuring

08 Apr

The boys managed to rope an esteemed guest and bring him back to the ranch. Can they get him to stay long enough to engage in conversation? Or will he run off as soon as he can, like a wild stallion seeking the freedom of wide open spaces?

Bernie Carrico is a Senior Managing Director at White Rock Advisors in Dallas. He has been a banker, a corporate executive and an investor. And we are pleased to have him on the show. Howdy and welcome!

The idea is to talk about that bugaboo of business: debt restructuring. Are you spooked yet? Do you want to just buck those bankers off your back and run for the hills? Bernie and the boys will try to calm you down and show you that life can go on with bankers on your saddle. Just let’em know where you’re headed and make sure they don’t get too fat and happy.

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Difficult Mules

19 Mar

Join the boys in welcoming a guest to the show. Together they’ll discuss the ins and outs of dealing with a difficult mule on the ranch. Spoiler alert: putting heavy chains around the neck of a problematic employee doesn’t always get you the results you want!

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Foreign Direct Investment

10 Mar

Chris struggles to get going in today’s episode. Like the surging tidal wave of cross-border investment, however (and with Jim’s helpful gravitational pull), the boys eventually get into an interesting conversation about how to put your hard-earned money in the hands of ferners.

What’s a “ferner” you say? Well, in these parts it just means somebody who’s not from Texas. For everyone else, it just means.. Well, let’s just turn to the 17th century French philosopher and mathematician, Blaise Pascal (Pensées 294):

“Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth. Fundamental laws change after a few years of possession; right has its epochs; the entry of Saturn into the Lion marks to us the origin of such and such a crime. A strange justice that is bounded by a river! Truth on this side of the Pyrenees, error on the other side.”

Ya’ ain’t in Kansas anymore, buckaroos, that’s for sure! (No offense to the Kantians in the crowd)

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Subject Matter Expertise

24 Feb

The boys are experts on all subjects and masters of all they survey. Well, not really. They are pretty good at tossing around the cow-patties though (that means spouting out the bull**** for those city slickers in the crowd). Learn how to be a subject matter expert, or just watch them step into the … Ewwwww!

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Ethics, Part II

21 Feb

Ethics, schmethics. The boys talk about airplanes, golf clubs and dishonest negotiation tactics in this second installment on how to game the system.

Okay, not really. That was dishonest. We’re sorry. Maybe we need to watch this episode again. Will you watch it with us?

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Ethics

15 Feb

Ethics? Who do these guys think they are? Aristotle and Socrates?

Well, the boys corral a big topic and almost get it saddled before deciding they’ll need another episode.

Oh, and Chris calls Jim a liar. Lover’s quarrel? No, their relationship is strictly Platonic.

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Information Overload

09 Feb

What is the voltage in the average brain of the average chicken? That and other useful tidbits of information are on offer in today’s episode, wherein the boys discuss information: where to get it, how to deal with it, and what to do with it.

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Mentoring (for the Mentor)

08 Feb

The boys continue their series on mentoring with this discussion on being a mentor. Luckily they keep their boots firmly planted on terra firma with nary a manatee in sight.

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Mentoring (for Mentees)

06 Feb

The boys take an undersea adventure to lasso sea-cows and determine whether you need to be large and slow-moving in order to benefit from a mentor.

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