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He said it taught him vigilance in looking for signs of approaching
changes in weather. After a while, you develop a sixth sense, an
instinct about when patterns might change. I think he's applied that
instinct to economic forecasts. Hedescribed the economic condition
as resembling the components of "the perfect storm" we've all
heard about. That isn't exactly a comforting thought or image.
My experience with instinct started with baseball. Baseball
players need to have a sixth sense or they won't make it into or past
Little League. Not many people know this, but I was a good baseball
player, good enough to be offered college scholarships on merit of
my ability. I just knew how the game worked, and I had the athletic
skills to correspond.
I've applied that same game knowledge to business. I will
sometimes see a situation, wait for things to fall into line and be
thinking, "OK, bases loaded? Good." Because that means grand slam
to me. A grand slam is a great feeling.
On the other hand, Robert might be thinking "The perfect wave?
OK, let's go!" But who knows how ex-surfers think? I certainly don't.
In fact, someone once told me that there was no such thing asan ex-
surfer. Surfers remain surfers for the rest of their lives.
If it weren't for his military training and experience at sea, I
don't know if I'd be working with this guy. Except that he's got vision
and tenacity, which are two very important things.

Financial IQ

Both Robert and I have used the term "financial IQ" in our
writings. Not long ago, Kim, Robert's wife, came out with her first
book, Rkh Woman. She gave me an early copy to read, and it was so
well-done that I wrote a jacket blurb for it. Her goal is for all women
to increase their financiallQ and not depend on men to take care of
them. I would recommend her book for both men and women.
We all have our definitions of financiallQ, but it's a living term,
therefore it's always changing. To me, it meanshaving the ability to

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