My personal motto is:
Sans crainte, qui veut peut. Without fear, he who will... can.
Michael Brittingham knows exactly who he is, how he got this way, what he wants, how to get it, and most of all... he knows that life, love and laughter ... plus common-interest-cooperation... are the keys that open every door! I happen to be the kind of guy who believes that strangers are just friends waiting to be met.
Quite frankly, I believe that those of us who "get it", have got to pro-actively engage the entire world, and see to it... that the whole thing doesn't go to Hell as a result of mismanagement.
"I am a born entrepreneur. I have a gift of seeing business opportunities others would miss, and acting on them decisively. It's not something I learned in any business school. It's instinctive in my character, and I have allowed this instinct to reign. I don't have a resume, and I don't read them from anyone else. I read people, and if their "story" is a good one ... I interact". I'm a Conservative. I started-out with nothing... and I still have most of it left.