- "1913" book by Oliver DeMille explains what happened in 1913 that helped give more power to the financial system.
- "The Financial Matrix" book by Orrin Woodward gives the name "Financial Matrix" to this financial entity that is all around us. The book explains what "it" is as well as how to navigate within it.
- "Insidious: The Rise of the Financial Matrix and the fall of Economic Freedom" book by Orrin Woodward is a follow-up to his earlier work above and exposes the entirety of the scheme and proposes a solution.
Ripencil
Listen to those that have the fruit from the tree.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The Invisible Economic Influence
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tariffs and New Beginnings
The War on Tariffs will bring changes to the Canadian working landscape. Now, more than ever, is the time to re-imagine ourselves in order to face the challenges ahead of us. To some, this will mean a career change.
"We don't control where we start our journeys, but we do control what we do once we've started. The goal is to take what we've been given and do the most we can with it."
-Chris Brady/Orrin Woodward
It's never too late to re-invent ourselves. We have to do what we must to thrive in this new, uncertain, economy.
Survival mode activated...
Hold off on big purchases as this isn't the time to get into unnecessary debt. If you don't need that new vehicle then wait until such time as a degree of stability has returned.
No one knows what tomorrow will brings but we know for a fact that things are not as stable as they used to be.
Prepare in consequence.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
CEO's Situation Isn't The Same as An Employee
CEOs are quick to point out when they "work on weekends" or "don't take vacations" or "do 16 hour days" somehow thinking this is the path to become a CEO or what any employee should be doing. What they fail to understand is:
- CEO build their dreams while their employees have their own goals or lack thereof. Whether it be consciously or unconsciously, an employee knows when he's building someone else's dream versus his own and act in accordance.
- CEO's paycheck is generally disproportionately higher than most other employees and tied to the company's overall performance creating an incentive not usually shared with employees.
- To some, there's more to life than work.
- When an employee goes above and beyond he's usually rewarded with more work rather than a promotion.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Buy Magazine to Support the Causes
- It helps support the cause while also helping spread the message.
- The, sometime complex, material is simplified for easy reading/understanding.
- Most articles include references that may be useful to someone who wants more information on the subject.
- Information usually comes from trusted/reputable sources.
- More likely to contain the biggest, most interesting, information (as its more likely to sell).
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Could Science/Technology be Simplified?
"We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces."
-Carl Sagan
Our world has become complex and requiring one to spend more time learning its intricacies in order to find success within its systems. We need to find ways to make our society more approachable for the generations that precede us.
A.I. may be able to help humanity make sense of the complexities of science and technology for future generation but we also need to find ways to simplify information in order not to require an expert to understand it.
10-20 years ago existed a "for dummies" book series which was designed to be the first step in learning any new subject. The authors essentially simplifying complex subjects and sprinkling a bit of humour into the mix in order to keep the attention of the reader. It was a genius idea that seems to have died down.
Of course, individuals also have their parts to play as it doesn't matter how simple we make something people will still need to learn it.