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Steve is an Afghanistan war veteran whose battlefield injuries cost him both of his legs. In the new episode of the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast, I speak with just such a man, former Army soldier and retired police officer, Steve Martin. And in doing so, they live a life of epic inspiration. Some men, when faced with overwhelming, life-shattering adversity, choose to embrace the circumstance. Putting One Fake Foot in Front of the Other
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If you would like to find out how you can stare into the sights of the sun and embrace opportunity, I invite you to check out the full palette of offerings that is my newsletter advisory services. Allow yourself to look into the sights of the sun and the brightness of opportunity and embrace the potential upside - because as Bruce told us, “that’s where the fun is.”Įxclusive Eating Well This Thanksgiving Feast So, if you are still leery about getting in this market, I implore you to shed that fear of a tired bull. Instead, you want to move toward the light of future possibilities, and you want to put your money to work in the investment vehicles best suited to serve your particular circumstances and goals. In this case, you don’t want to be blinded by the light of fear. Some investors are even still on the sidelines as a result of fear of another 2008-2009 financial crisis. Indeed, one of the biggest problems I encounter when talking to investors is not that they are too aggressive with their money, but that they aren’t even in the market because they want to avoid experiencing another Q1, 2020 sell-off. So, the lesson here for investors is to not allow yourself to be blinded by the often-intense light of fear in markets. Now, this was a smart move for several months however, the pernicious, COVID-19-inspired selling in markets blinded many an investor into staying on the sidelines well into the big rally and economic rebound that’s still going strong today. In fact, many were blinded by the market turmoil occurring during the beginning of the pandemic, and many pulled their money out of the market and went to cash. You see, in February and March of 2020, many investors were “blinded by the light,” and not in a positive way. Second, when Bruce wrote about his desire to do things he hadn’t done, see things he hadn’t seen, and allow himself to look into the sights of the sun (because that’s where the fun is), I doubt he realized that this would be a profound lesson for investors. So, the lesson here is to always choose wisely no matter how seemingly insignificant your decision may be, as you never know the causal significance it could have.Įxclusive Six Retail Stocks to Buy for Profiting from Holiday Season Sales Even seemingly pedestrian choices can have giant ramifications for our lives, and we never really know which of those everyday decisions will end up morphing into life-changing circumstances. Yet, that’s the thing about life, most of the time we don’t know where our choices will lead us. He also didn’t think that song would become a number one hit. Well, aside from the fact that the subject is fun to discuss, the meaning of the song, and its history on the Billboard charts, can teach us some important lessons about the markets, investing and life.įirst, when Bruce wrote his story about being “blinded by the light” of the new and the unknown, and wanting to, as he puts it, “do things I hadn’t done and see things I hadn’t seen,” he didn’t envision the song being covered by a band across the pond.
So, why I am bringing up rock history here this week in The Deep Woods? The song actually first appeared on Springsteen’s 1973 debut album, “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” Yet, it was the 1976 cover version of the song by British rock band Manfred Mann’s Earth Band that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in February 1977.