This should answer most of the questions,
Well, I really don?t do much and there is a good reason for that, although I am not always happy or proud of it. To make a long story short I did well in college and post graduate work, earned a degree in engineering and went on to get my masters. I spent most of my college years organizing protests, getting people to sign petitions about stuff that seemed important at the time, yelling at anyone that wore a tie and asking my dad for bail money for myself and my friends (which I never paid back) which lead to me getting shut off and forcing me to get a job. I don?t think he ever forgave me for piping in Phil Ochs ?
Outside of a small circle of friends? at my sisters wedding when I was in high school and showing up wearing platform shoes, he spent the night trying to explain to all the family that I wasn?t gay and wasn?t wearing high heels. (It was a long time ago, Phil Ochs was important at the time and the irony (in the message) of playing this particular song was an opportunity I could not resist. I don?t expect anyone to understand any of that I just thought I would say it because it was important to me). I did well working in non professional jobs. After graduation I had several job offers. I worked as a research assistant for 8 months and was abruptly fired. (never let me back in the building to say good bye to anyone). A friend I had there said it was because I was always trying to get people to sign petitions to improve the place, which I guess was true, I was young, I then started cutting my hair on a regular basis and shaving.
My second job entailed leading a group through a research project and final presentation to the marketing group which turned out to be an extremely successful product for that company and it took approx. 9 months . They fired me the day after I presented, right after our celebration party.. I had 3 other jobs all ending badly. My last boss stopped talking to me and his boss took me out to lunch and we talked for a couple hours and basically told me I was a chronic insubordinate and unemployable in any professional capacity. I took 6 months off and decided he may be right so I started my own business, very small but I built it up, eventually hired a VP, then another, I sold the business when it didn?t need me anymore and started a new one and did the same thing, seemed to be my thing, building businesses but not actually running them or working for anyone. Guess everyone finds their niche. So now I am searching for a new endeavor. I would like to do something to help kids. I have always been amazed at why the medical field never seems to be able to manage money well, Hospitals go broke, Retirement communities are just plain criminal, Residential Treatment Centers are dirty and most look like they haven?t had more than a coat of paint in 40 years, all the money goes to the state and insurance companies.
The insurance companies are now managing the doctors budgets and salaries because they couldn?t do it themselves. The few success?s I have seen, from a financial stand point, are these TBS?s which seem expensive at first glance, but if you had the insurance companies or MDs run them like say Hazelden out of Minnesota the out of pocket would be well over $400/ day in my estimation. It?s a little niche that is growing and needs help to get over the hump to becoming profitable and affordable to the middle class. Of course there is the moral issues to consider, but anyway, that?s who I am and why I am here and there, no agenda.
I spend time on fornits to get a feel for the down side of the business, the negative aspects so to speak, the ones who want to see the industry fail or were hurt by it. You cant build a better car by talking to the satisfied customers, you want to talk to the guy on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck. Well at least that?s my view point. Sorry to be so long winded for a short story.
