Dad, boxing fanatic, poker player, card collector, CEO @TheGreeneTurtle
Maryland, USA
Joined September 2008
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Geo Concepcion retweeted
True.
My boss's boss is like 42, never married, no kids. Earns $275-300K per year. Goes on a minimum of two international vacations a year w/ his girlfriend. 10+ days, all out.
Eats the best food, stays in top notch accomodations. Excursions, tours, nicest beaches, etc.
Great guy, I'm happy for him.
But what I've realized is that without kids, you end up chasing a lifestyle that has to continually be topped in order for you to be satisfied and find happiness.
What he and others like him don't understand is that when you have children, seeing THEM experience life's most basic things and watching their eyes light up at all the "firsts", brings greater pleasure and joy than any vacation or travel experience ever could.
Seeing THEM try blueberries for the first time is greater than dining at the best 5 star restaurant in Europe.
Seeing THEM learn how to walk is greater than walking the Great Wall of China or strolling along the most picturesque beach.
Watching THEM giggle uncontrollably at "peek-a-boo" tops any A-list comedian act.
Seeing THEIR excitement when building a fort out of cardboard boxes and making a door big enough for daddy is superior to staying at 5-star resorts.
Flying kites with THEM far outweighs excursions like parasailing or helicopter rides.
Seeing THEM perform a recital on stage for the first time is more rewarding than watching a Broadway show or top notch symphony orchestra.
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When you have children, all of a sudden you realize that life's greatest joys are not in the pursuit of things or pleasure or travel, but rather in the LOVE and bond you share with your very own image bearers.
Seeing the beauty and magnificence and wonder of life all over again for the first time through THEIR eyes and expressions gives you something the world simply cannot offer, nor even come close.
Geo Concepcion retweeted
With Shohei Ohtani getting on base and throwing six scoreless innings today, MLB’s longest active on-base streak is now up to 43 games.
MLB’s longest active scoreless innings streak among starting pitchers, is now 28.2 innings pitch.
Shohei Ohtani is the leader of both categories.
Geo Concepcion retweeted
Jensen Huang: "People with really high expectations have very low resilience."
"I think one of my great advantages is that I have very low expectations. And I mean that.
Most of the Stanford graduates have very high expectations. And you deserve to have high expectations because you came from a great school.
You were very successful. You're top of your class.
Obviously, you were able to pay for tuition. And then you're graduating from one of the finest institutions on the planet.
You're surrounded by other kids that are just incredible. You naturally have very high expectations.
People with very high expectations have very low resilience. And unfortunately, resilience matters in success.
I don't know how to teach it to you except for I hope suffering happens to you. And I was fortunate that I grew up with my parents providing a condition for us to be successful on the one hand, but there were plenty of opportunities for setbacks and suffering.
And to this day, I use the phrase pain and suffering inside our company with great glee. And I mean that. Boy, this is going to cause a lot of pain and suffering.
And I mean that in a happy way, because you want to train, you want to refine the character of your company.
You want greatness out of them. And greatness is not intelligence.
Greatness comes from character, and character isn't formed out of smart people.
It's formed out of people who suffered.
And so if I could wish upon you, I don't know how to do it. For all of you Stanford students, I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering."
Geo Concepcion retweeted
Chicago erases a 21-6 fourth-quarter deficit for the Bears’ biggest postseason comeback in franchise history:
This is what I’ve been F…ing telling people!
Substance over form wins every time it matters
Geo Concepcion retweeted
1. The clock starts the moment you know.
The real test of your leadership is what you do in the first moments after learning something is wrong.
ALT Quote from Barry Diller on The Knowledge Project Podcast: "But what I realized … so long as you’re running general checks and balances, up until that moment that you know it, you have no issue with culpability. You have no agency; you have no nothing. But the second you know it, the clock is ticking and you have to have that in your brain. You have to know that every second after that, what you do about that is now your absolute responsibility. I’ve seen so many situations where that was not recognized … where you’re not aware that that clock ticks and every action you take is then your action. Before that, you’ve got no fault."
30 takeaways from Barry Diller:
1. The clock starts the moment you know.
2. Money is a byproduct, not a motivation.
3. No job is below you.
4. If you want responsibility, take it.
5. Don’t run from confrontation.
6. If you don’t get what you want, be prepared to walk away.
7. The best way to learn is to start something, where each step teaches you every task.
8. Instinct beats algorithms.
9. “Data can tell you what has happened, not what can or will happen.”
10. Don’t treat your job as a stepping stone.
11. It’s far better to be underestimated than overestimated.
12. Make decisions as an optimist, not a pessimist.
13. “The daily drip of cynicism that this business generates in carloads has to be constantly exorcised.”
14. Decision-making shouldn’t be peaceful.
15. The outside of picture-perfect mansions and the inside rarely resemble each other.
16. Curiosity is the only success metric that matters.
17. Hire for hunger.
18. Don’t get into contests.
19. Don’t look back at what might have been. Keep your eyes on the horizon.
20. If you like the idea, start. Don’t over-analyze.
21. Act like a principal, even if you’re not one.
22. “You either are or you are not capable of being on your own.”
23. “The world belongs to the discontented.” – Robert Woodruff
24. Start with trust.
25. Conventional wisdom is uninteresting.
26. “Either you are or you’re not.” Independence is binary.
27. Read everything with a detective’s eye.
28. To get the job you want, master the one you have.
29. Risk without reward is charity.
30. Conflict is better than consensus.
Listen to the full episode now, "Barry Diller on The Knowledge Project," or see links in comments below.
Geo Concepcion retweeted
It's sort of incredible how much the "college isn't worth it" narrative has taken off, while the college wage premium just keeps ticking up. – at Somerville, MA
I agree good food and service beat atmosphere and Towson is where you dump money. Our head of culinary is extremely talented coming from the Cornell Hospitality School and has revamped the menu. Our sales are up across the board 6% in Q3 so I guess some like it!
Headline should be "The Restaurant industry faces Challenges." Yes we have to deal with a lot. Failed to be mentioned is that our newest places in College Park and Tampa have record sales.
Christina who probably calls herself a journalist should know to call this a hit piece.
There’s zero stability for any business in Towson. Atlas one of the finest restaurant groups in the state even waved the white flag there.
Greene Turtle Tampa just opened and you’d be shocked by how much they want businesses to actually be successful out there!
Having my business destroyed by competitors complaining to government officials is bad enough, then they come to a hearing accuse us of deceptive business practices with 0 evidence and it gets picked up by the news. Come see us where we’re welcome! 🐢💪🏼
I’m happy to pull the record for every location on York road and show that every location in business more than 5 yrs has received a similar citation. That would probably be too much to digest for an arm waver like you. How many jobs did you create last year?
Geo Concepcion retweeted
The Greene Turtle Touches Down in Tampa Bay restaurantnews.com/the-green…
We operate even larger spaces to this day yet we’re accused of being unable to manage this one. Instead of accepting that Towson has issues, we’re being made the poster boy for bringing crowds out competitors don’t like. Please come see us at our other spots, Tampa just opened!
Geo Concepcion retweeted
Having my business destroyed by competitors complaining to government officials is bad enough, then they come to a hearing accuse us of deceptive business practices with 0 evidence and it gets picked up by the news. Come see us where we’re welcome! 🐢💪🏼