Some notes: - Congress spent about 44% of the year on recess, holiday, etc. (excluding weekends) in 2024. - Congress was out of session roughly 162 calendar days in 2024. The avg American gets approx 11 paid vacation days & 10 holidays. Citizens are Fine - Govt could step up.

Patience pays off for those who wait. With perfect timing, this photographer captured a fleeting moment when the setting sun lit up a sandstone arch at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan. Photo courtesy of Seth Gehrke

This handsome guy is giving off some major moose energy! The largest member of the deer family, the average moose stands over six feet tall at the shoulder and weighs nearly 1,000 pounds, making them the biggest animal at Isle Royale National Park. Photo by Sara Simma

I enjoy watching people have success. Wishing you all the best today in whatever you may be pursuing. ❤️👊

⚠️ While the new bill from the House rejects the admin's most damaging budgetary proposals, it still suggests a $176 million cut to the National Park Service's operations budget. These cuts would force park staff to stretch even more with even less. bit.ly/44MNg6c

A Key: Hire Similar Mindsets, Not Similar People. Similar Mindsets? Traits like being internally driven, caring about the work/mission, self-learner. Similar People? Don't do it. Being great at one role often means being very different than people who are great in others.

PSA for today: Just because the bank says they don't need an environmental test for the property you're buying doesn't mean you shouldn't do one.

Former Charles Schwab CEO and Penn alum Dave Pottruck has donated $20 million to Penn Wrestling The largest gift in Ivy League wrestling history. Head coach position endowed, new state-of-the-art room on the way, and the program is now built to make serious noise on the national

Long emails only lead to more long emails. Pick up the phone, address the issue, and move on. The telephone conversation is becoming a forgotten art, sadly.

Auction results on a 16 unit apartment complex. Older building but fully rented in a great location. 2024 Appraised Value- $2.7M Today’s auction price- $1.5M Buyer got a steal and goes to show you that even at 70% loan to value, your equity can be at risk.

If you're smart, great at your job, honest, hardworking, have a sense of urgency, and genuinely passionate about what you do - I hope you know there are very few like you out there, and your employer is incredibly lucky to have you. Your job better be rewarding, and you better

Rich Jordan | Strongpoint Just popping in to say that we’d be thrilled to help pro bono if there’s any legal needs. Keep up the incredible work, Rich. Rooting for success here.

People typically feel bad about their mistakes because they think in a shortsighted way about the bad outcome and not about the evolutionary process of which mistakes are an integral part. I once had a ski instructor who had also given lessons to Michael Jordan, the greatest

An underrated law? Kidlin's Law. That if you write down a problem clearly and specifically, you have already solved half of it. The act of clearly & specifically describing a problem on paper creates a deeper understanding of its components & makes it easier to find solutions.

I’m shocked that ⁦Starbucks⁩ allows baristas to do this on a regular basis. All I can think about is the hit to margins. What am I missing?

This elderly woman and supermarket worker have a routine where they regularly engage in a standoff.

Deliberately notice today what work, situations, and people bring out the best version of you... Not just the happiest, but the person who is motivated, driven, curious, excited, and engaged. Spend more time in those spaces.

I cannot agree more.

Two traits highest correlated with success (if you have at least avg intelligence): 1. "Grit” - everyone has heard of it. 2. "Self-Control" - Regulating emotion, attention, and behavior. No one talks about self-control, but they should. This one sinks a lot of people.

I’m on a road trip with friends on PTO and 3/5 of us are working as I type this. It is obviously not for everyone, but putting in the extra effort is something ALL successful people do to win and I’m proud to have the friends I have. They push me to be better.