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Fred Klein
Oct18
A Shiva Call
Posted By : Fred Klein

I am a member of a quarterly Gotham breakfast group (pictured).  Members are Corey, Bruce Swicker, Robert Intelisano, David Oralevich, Craig Shink, Alan Kreit and David Abeshouse.  At our most recent breakfast we discussed the sad news of the passing of David's beloved younger brother Adam and resolved to attend the Shiva together at David's house.

Fred Klein
Aug30
Insatiable
Posted By : Fred Klein

A person who is incapable of being satisfied is considered insatiable.  I'm not sure whether it is a negative or positive (or possibly both) characteristic, but, oft times, it applies to me.I admit to many insatiable hungers.   For example, I can't get enough of Aaron Judge, the Yankee baseball superstar.  I watch his every at bat, know all his sta

Fred Klein
Aug09
Feedback
Posted By : Fred Klein

As follow up to my recent "Taking Credit" blog, where I declared I no longer need to take credit for what has blossomed from a suggestion or idea, I need to add that, nonetheless, an important ingredient of social intercourse is feedback.  Feedback is follow-up/response to one's suggestion or idea.  By responding one acknowledges receipt and inform

Fred Klein
Jul19
Taking Credit
Posted By : Fred Klein

As I mature and my life evolves I amaze myself that I no longer have that unquenchable thirst to take credit for something I did, inspired or created.  Taking credit is the action of allowing people to know that you did something that deserves praise or special attention.  For a very long time that was important to me, but lately I have let it go a

Fred Klein
Jun21
Delegation
Posted By : Fred Klein

Delegation (or delegating) is the process of distributing and entrusting work to another person.  To me, the process of delegating is a powerful offshoot and manifestation of networking. Thus, if one has a potent network, as we do in www.gothamnetwoking.com, we are in a position to accomplish the task at hand in the quickest and most effective mann

Fred Klein
Jun14
Gotham's Triple Crown
Posted By : Fred Klein

"Triple Crown" is a sports sobriquet denoting the winner of significant 3 titles.  My favorite is the Major League Baseball Award to the league batting leader in 3 categories: Batting Average, Runs Batted in and Home Runs.  My favorite Baseball Triple Crown winner was, of course, Mickey Mantle in 1956.  In Thoroughbred Horse Racing there is also a

Fred Klein
May03
A Snowbird's Farewell
Posted By : Fred Klein

Yes, we are "Snowbirds" (northerners who move to a warmer southern state to escape Winter) and we have been escaping in Paradise (Key West) for four warm, fun filled, months and, truth be told, as I write this, I am sad to leave.   But leave we must as Family and an alternative, full, abundant life awaits us in Springtime New York.  What will I mis

Fred Klein
Apr19
Proud Grandpa
Posted By : Fred Klein

This past week has been epic for my grandson Shawn Atom. One could describe it as a "Hat Trick" as he culminated his 7 year quest to become an Eagle Scout (achieved by only 4% of all Boy Scouts), decided to attend the venerable engineering program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and and is attempting to find a vocalist so his band can enter Got

Fred Klein
Apr12
The Chart Room
Posted By : Fred Klein

There is a unique dive bar in Key West called The Chart Room. I learned of it reading Key West Lou's blog. It is hidden away in the bowels of The Pier House at the end of Duval Street.   It has quite a storied history, including Mel Fisher, Jimmy Buffet and many other Key West characters and luminaries.  To me The Chart Room is the closest approxim

Fred Klein
Apr05
Relentless
Posted By : Fred Klein

Recently my friend David Berger commented that I'm relentless. He said it almost as a throw away line, because it wasn't directly on point.   I heard it and it got me thinking that he was right on. One of my Rules for Success is to never quit and to out work the competition.  David's "relentless" comment resonated so much in my mind that I am now h

Fred Klein
Mar29
Mile Marker
Posted By : Fred Klein

Tomorrow is my birthday and over the last 10 years I have developed a tradition of memorializing it with a photo standing next to the applicable highway mile marker.   We "Snow Bird" in Key West which is the southern most point in the continental United States and US Highway 1 begins there at mile marker Zero.   Each year we venture up US 1 to the

Fred Klein
Mar22
Puppies
Posted By : Fred Klein

I am enamored by the word Puppy (and puppies too)! It is such a positive, loving, warm word, as in "Puppy Love" and all things sweet and adorable ❤️ By strict definition a Puppy is a young (less than 1 year) dog. Yet in my mind our Charcoal (an 11 year old Schnoodle pictured) is still a puppy and, yes, I am still in puppy love with her. She is swee

Fred Klein
Mar15
Our New New Bed
Posted By : Fred Klein

Recently we bought a new mattress. The process was a complex one during which we were tested and we tested many mattress options.   Price aside (inflation is real), it was a complicated trial and error process. Eventually we decided on a thick pillow top mattress with new (full) box springs.   Then it happened, our new bed was delivered and assembl

Fred Klein
Mar08
Donations
Posted By : Fred Klein

Have you ever been asked by a friend to make a donation to their cause? Do you dignify the request with a response? If you comply, what motivates you to do so? Also, what equation goes into the amount of the donation? Lastly, do you remember the amount? I'm not sure if there has been a scholarly study on this subject or that the answers to my above

Fred Klein
Mar01
The Three Wise Men
Posted By : Fred Klein

In addition to this blog appearing on the Gotham City Networking platform, it appears in the Key West on line newspaper KonkLife.   As a consequence, there are a few more readers and, unexpectedly, I have engendered three new (Key West reader) friends.   I call them The Three Wise Men. They are Larry, Rick and Lou. Each one smarter, more interestin

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