I know how money is made. Tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions. I’ve studied it. And even made a little myself.
The world of money making used to mystify me. Now I get it. And frankly, the topic is starting to even bore me!
Politics on the other hand? I don’t get it. I wanna understand that. It’s exciting. The pursuit of power, shaping the world to how you think it should be, helping others. That’s some intoxicating, romantic, adventurous stuff right there. Now, I don’t think I’ll ever work in that field, it still interests me how it all comes to be. How some Joe Schmo morphs his way into a decision makin, power havin, dignified person in charge.
I recently moved to a small town of 30,000 people in Connecticut. Two weeks ago I emailed the town mayor asking to meet. I have no agenda, I said. “I just want to say hey. I’ve previously built and sold some startups and have a large tech audience and maybe I can convince a few others like me to move here.” Sure, she said, let’s meet.
Her name’s Jennifer Tooker. She’s a very nice woman. My town is made up of mostly Democrats. She’s just right of center Republican. So I asked her how that came to be. And what her aspirations are.
I said a few dumb things to her. She thought it was funny, thank god. When she asked how living in town has been I said “Hey, its great. This town is fantastic. It’s so awesome, even a dummy can run it.!” She understood the compliment, thankfully ha.
Anyway, I’m eager to get to know her and watch her journey. If she does end up some big shot, I want to watch her journey and to see if first hand. This stuff interests me!
