Monergize Your Life

I want to inaugurate this blog with some general comments about how I would like to see this thing, this BLOG evolve.

Let me be perfectly clear from the outset; this is a new experience for me. I don't mean I have never read or contributed to a blog, but I can't say I spend a great deal of my day in front of a screen or under florescent lights solving other people's problems (those were my lawyer days long ago). And I should also confess that I am a little leery about the transparency of it all. Even that term is new for me, and is a little scary. You see, I am a very private person and like to do things under the radar. At the same time, I feel that I am meant to share the ideas of MONERGY with as many people as possible. I want this to be a blog where all kinds of ideas about money and life can be freely expressed and where exciting things can launch . So I make this request at the outset: Go easy and try to respect everyone's opinion and privacy.

The raison d'etre for this blog is of course my book "MONERGY-Discover the Ultimate Energy of Money." This book represents many things to me, but first and foremost it signifies freedom; freedom to use my precious time on this planet wisely and in joyous situations. Of course, freedom is a very tricky thing and means different things to different people. For me though, freedom translates to being in beautiful places with people I cherish. No longer do I have to spend 9-5 around the toxic energy of people who are not enjoying where they are at that moment. In a way, I have flipped my life from what is considered common or the norm today. I have recreated my life to spend most of my time doing the unthinkable for a male in the year 2008: simply enjoying all of the blessings that I have. And however that translates on a particular day is fine with me. And no explanations are necessary to anyone else, thank you very much.

I have to credit a very good friend of mine for part of my philosophy; she knows who she is without me mentioning any names. I will say that she and I shared some memorable experiences living and traveling in Europe when we were both 19 years old; she is still a close friend today. About 15 years ago she told me the story of one of her friends who was from Zurich. He was a guy in his late twenties who opened a very specialized car repair shop for cars like Maseratis and Ferraris. He opened the shop with a very particular goal: he would work for six months and travel for six months, and he achieved this goal because he was so skilled at the work he did. When I first heard this story, I was awestruck and a little envious: at that time I was ensconced in the very joyless practice of law in New York City. But I often thought of that Swiss guy as I was devising a process to recreate my own life.

I can only hope that MONERGY can inspire some of you to start pursuing your deepest dreams, whatever they are. And as you embark on this very exciting journey which perhaps, if I am lucky, I can share with you, I can only say: LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!!