tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974325931903702112024-02-23T18:04:01.950-08:00Bruce Thomas Eason Life, Health, Disability Insurance & Annuities (CA Lic.#0572028)/President & CEO of Quest Capital Strategies, LLC
Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-11025086257379285922023-11-03T09:26:00.009-07:002023-11-03T12:08:06.349-07:00Thoughts on the Business of Life from Warren Buffett<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;">"It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."</span></span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">"You've got to understand accounting. You've got to. That's got to be like a language to you."</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">"Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding; lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless."</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">"The important thing is to know what you know and know what you don't know."</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">"I have every possession I want. I have a lot of friends who have a lot more possessions. But I feel in some cases the possession possesses them, rather than the other way around."</span></span></h2>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-41386958163328715922023-11-01T15:05:00.004-07:002023-11-01T15:09:51.820-07:00<p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b>The United States is a country where half the money is spent buying food and the other half is spent trying to lose weight.</b></span></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-24756100106838925592023-06-27T09:42:00.001-07:002023-06-27T09:42:14.753-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQ_sbLG0WAItAusjcuu3uqDxGh4TQIrjE4Z3-4o-tzUPmG5LRd-K_nLRRCehm7_rHgWWjo8hErxEVb5s7qzChaLo2GE0p1p4_VD0AytKCdUidFK7nMd-ShYuHRwcHpISgDkEOmRU2kyGW6aJSgIIyxcOJtvOCKwTz9OMbBrYI0KOS2v8C6d7DdtAA5cw/s1080/870CE0C3-DAE3-43F9-B2C6-AAC20FE7C16F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQ_sbLG0WAItAusjcuu3uqDxGh4TQIrjE4Z3-4o-tzUPmG5LRd-K_nLRRCehm7_rHgWWjo8hErxEVb5s7qzChaLo2GE0p1p4_VD0AytKCdUidFK7nMd-ShYuHRwcHpISgDkEOmRU2kyGW6aJSgIIyxcOJtvOCKwTz9OMbBrYI0KOS2v8C6d7DdtAA5cw/w640-h640/870CE0C3-DAE3-43F9-B2C6-AAC20FE7C16F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-39167770972474171642023-06-22T10:30:00.002-07:002023-06-22T10:30:12.414-07:00<h1><span style="color: #fcff01;">“I have put my heart and soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">~Vincent Van Gogh~</span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-3550394473965020232023-06-17T08:54:00.001-07:002023-06-17T08:56:41.294-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ44FnxOHm-DJaR4cywdW_d6D9srdJEr3krCxSuedrxc5doG4hOENEeDLbysx6H8CthfmAASP0fhXv2Drch_Ctc1PdGabFTIAfCURk_AbYIzX-UXmSBL7BpMFcxdXIqjOOBZZxS7hS9MmXGxg7_qNtmYzwi8NWb4b-WHLfio0duW_5Eind_TG-6pE2/s1080/48B6DBDF-19FE-45FC-AD9C-7357EA441D4B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ44FnxOHm-DJaR4cywdW_d6D9srdJEr3krCxSuedrxc5doG4hOENEeDLbysx6H8CthfmAASP0fhXv2Drch_Ctc1PdGabFTIAfCURk_AbYIzX-UXmSBL7BpMFcxdXIqjOOBZZxS7hS9MmXGxg7_qNtmYzwi8NWb4b-WHLfio0duW_5Eind_TG-6pE2/w640-h640/48B6DBDF-19FE-45FC-AD9C-7357EA441D4B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-6859794498928294012023-05-15T17:19:00.005-07:002023-05-15T17:21:51.752-07:00<h1><span style="color: #fcff01;">Facts that are not frankly faced have a habit of stabbing us in the back. </span></h1><h1><span style="color: #fcff01;">~Sir Harold Bowden~</span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-83015084699074856322023-04-25T13:43:00.001-07:002023-04-25T13:43:52.994-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(252, 255, 1);">All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire. </span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(252, 255, 1);">~Aristotle~</span></span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-72239629401224277192023-04-14T11:17:00.001-07:002023-04-14T11:17:21.216-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YKHdBgphwsGZkCt0H7c1pepA4vgNYZz-_jIf20oDSMMT8rVGWpvSScm4AojHFVZLl32J0MTy2y_D_MKjtCsFXHIo1iei6hPxrw71YJr8wpaLcfyRtnpsRVtIHBK5auCi-NqVZOtEkWs5QFkVHtFXMmWKgMMRntCfjg94099aWm3lYL-LceWsWp2r/s1080/924DA9AD-850C-4048-A28C-76A190997EAC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YKHdBgphwsGZkCt0H7c1pepA4vgNYZz-_jIf20oDSMMT8rVGWpvSScm4AojHFVZLl32J0MTy2y_D_MKjtCsFXHIo1iei6hPxrw71YJr8wpaLcfyRtnpsRVtIHBK5auCi-NqVZOtEkWs5QFkVHtFXMmWKgMMRntCfjg94099aWm3lYL-LceWsWp2r/w640-h640/924DA9AD-850C-4048-A28C-76A190997EAC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-44678644403627656932023-04-13T12:33:00.006-07:002023-04-13T12:36:31.669-07:00<h1><span style="color: #fcff01;">My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other peoples. </span></h1><h1><span style="color: #fcff01;">~Oscar Wilde~</span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-65142014010777872422023-04-10T14:33:00.002-07:002023-04-10T14:33:21.437-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCfoStJYfOdZA4Dl63KHlIqtRpvaft8fkJB-JraYK-zjT7EKnmoEaiPHNSv12XMSTofR6GA3GORkNK26j2Bo-xlLvt9CQ95dCnj8SHtaiflBSM0JnVFOXT3Gi3wiW2A7qN4lGaK33IT_H4eJaj1PmzzfArYRBjgtljTefXc_BiaRCOI516_SBFhMY/s960/337151585_1204360476927135_4436386239720246513_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="960" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCfoStJYfOdZA4Dl63KHlIqtRpvaft8fkJB-JraYK-zjT7EKnmoEaiPHNSv12XMSTofR6GA3GORkNK26j2Bo-xlLvt9CQ95dCnj8SHtaiflBSM0JnVFOXT3Gi3wiW2A7qN4lGaK33IT_H4eJaj1PmzzfArYRBjgtljTefXc_BiaRCOI516_SBFhMY/w640-h542/337151585_1204360476927135_4436386239720246513_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-19314012457271334922023-04-09T13:19:00.002-07:002023-04-09T13:19:37.786-07:00<p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrI8M_495HxrmF71OdCjIO_8Ej4Op-Jdr5o7EvbJvz4_-CGP1vWmZZeY9eu3khOoVzodT3M314UpL1XRtEMPrVdnYovjZfDwaLQ0SC8bycd2Wm1hG5v-CCeQN5-MrANXjd4ReoFjAIBrnqUMQ4bETfWEc9vF9b1HAe9u1p3TQBpM3bbIhRPM1swjn/s1080/339315989_173737475523826_7176839212032135682_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrI8M_495HxrmF71OdCjIO_8Ej4Op-Jdr5o7EvbJvz4_-CGP1vWmZZeY9eu3khOoVzodT3M314UpL1XRtEMPrVdnYovjZfDwaLQ0SC8bycd2Wm1hG5v-CCeQN5-MrANXjd4ReoFjAIBrnqUMQ4bETfWEc9vF9b1HAe9u1p3TQBpM3bbIhRPM1swjn/w640-h640/339315989_173737475523826_7176839212032135682_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-65741418702596140482023-03-28T15:50:00.008-07:002023-03-28T15:50:44.630-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01;">The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them. </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">~Denis Diderot~</span></h1><div><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-25782782352791973072023-03-23T09:53:00.001-07:002023-03-23T09:53:47.386-07:00<h1><span style="color: #fcff01;">Crowdfunding is not life insurance.</span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-56005705755576571352023-02-27T12:53:00.009-08:002023-02-27T12:53:57.282-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01;">Only that day dawns to which we are awake.</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"> ~Henry David Thoreau~</span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-50850185930556530822023-02-26T15:19:00.004-08:002023-02-26T15:20:28.312-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01;">Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness. </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">~Thomas Hobbs~</span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-8041063229546752662023-02-24T09:19:00.000-08:002023-02-24T09:19:06.480-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01;">In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up that makes us rich.</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"> ~ Henry Ward Beecher~</span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-43455781904263276842023-02-23T09:19:00.001-08:002023-02-23T09:19:16.085-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01;">The girl who can’t dance says the band can’t play. </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">~Yiddish Proverb~</span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-29887685307297514982023-02-22T15:21:00.009-08:002023-02-22T15:21:57.849-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(252, 255, 1);">A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. </span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(252, 255, 1);">~Mark Twain~</span></span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-27816866826738056112022-12-12T15:22:00.001-08:002022-12-12T15:22:42.031-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFyhoRlTMhhtdgdeKJcqw2m8fDAs9pXgehsqqBSCACx9iIonmd768rjvP7M5qxyUrzn5LRw_8aSlH-Kt6mJ8ExEZQCfTi3T4cg7z7AfcbCrsGL8sbm6w3erS2a5xX5-7O7AAUTq7WRE-EQwM4C1VUE_ebkN0IPiiclbNQ6uuIrxk4W27SnJw40RaS/s1536/IMG_8714.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFyhoRlTMhhtdgdeKJcqw2m8fDAs9pXgehsqqBSCACx9iIonmd768rjvP7M5qxyUrzn5LRw_8aSlH-Kt6mJ8ExEZQCfTi3T4cg7z7AfcbCrsGL8sbm6w3erS2a5xX5-7O7AAUTq7WRE-EQwM4C1VUE_ebkN0IPiiclbNQ6uuIrxk4W27SnJw40RaS/w612-h612/IMG_8714.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-71220043445973480062022-11-15T11:13:00.002-08:002022-11-15T11:17:41.395-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYia0G9OzHmcm9t5qcOT_QEvskz9gVlM92wCFzZnZT2QQ10XdLxc1mYbe4ccG8QRNG3_gEOUdTC2KJOngezgF1vX51N0N-oyrHy7Abd8Fg-OcLxTuIwg17rdw9O0vvEQSIYceaVuHDQvSksxk5RtaEAiSrrFs6YuDwbPKCYG03ZxRzN0F_PK_TT9K/s960/IMG_8724.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="601" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYia0G9OzHmcm9t5qcOT_QEvskz9gVlM92wCFzZnZT2QQ10XdLxc1mYbe4ccG8QRNG3_gEOUdTC2KJOngezgF1vX51N0N-oyrHy7Abd8Fg-OcLxTuIwg17rdw9O0vvEQSIYceaVuHDQvSksxk5RtaEAiSrrFs6YuDwbPKCYG03ZxRzN0F_PK_TT9K/w601-h601/IMG_8724.JPG" width="601" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-13176062669019557592022-11-06T16:24:00.002-08:002022-11-06T16:24:17.495-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(252, 255, 1);">Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.</span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(252, 255, 1);">~W. Clement Stone~ </span></span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-1084935590059486992022-11-06T16:20:00.000-08:002022-11-06T16:20:05.524-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfV6taz_AtGWaRMDKfIpqtuuYssGXYHvYoPnSd1WY2xBtJdkiVCTLy-m8Vf59kVDmeDkY0F8baN8gfTJdmBW0aJVdOmw8lWYD29cj9qMfTRy91__Lng2lExRYPTAaxGhU0Spk9NGts2APf_S7A4oqXkVuFMbyYW0BvebI0WuzWwoDTZ_Sxj1ZJO2b/s638/IMG_7942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="638" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfV6taz_AtGWaRMDKfIpqtuuYssGXYHvYoPnSd1WY2xBtJdkiVCTLy-m8Vf59kVDmeDkY0F8baN8gfTJdmBW0aJVdOmw8lWYD29cj9qMfTRy91__Lng2lExRYPTAaxGhU0Spk9NGts2APf_S7A4oqXkVuFMbyYW0BvebI0WuzWwoDTZ_Sxj1ZJO2b/w328-h235/IMG_7942.JPG" width="328" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097432593190370211.post-69737691967198417922022-09-25T15:13:00.000-07:002022-09-25T15:13:18.924-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Every act of rebelling expresses a nostalgia for innocence.</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">~Albert Camus~ </span></h1>Bruce Thomas Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510031500279822496noreply@blogger.com0