Navigating Reality with Dr. Mark Skidmore

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1. Many thanks to Skidmore for providing a way to mentally manage all the info I take in, and begin to understand where I’m “at” in reality. I also appreciated the tip that we can’t completely ignore the nonsense and official reality.

2. Dear Catherine

   You got an MBA and I suspect that it helped advance your career, but that was back in the 80s. Many knowledgeable and successful people such as Jim Rogers, Doug Casey and Paul Craig Roberts are now saying that getting a college degree, let alone an MBA, is a waste of time and money.

   In terms of careers, where do you see the finance world headed?

   It seems as though most accounting functions will be replaced by software and most of the accounting firms are more in the business of consulting than accounting, so I wonder if accounting is a good career choice for a young person to go into who likes dealing with numbers. Trading seems to be heading for extinction. Do you think fintech has long term sustainable career possibilities?

   You have talked about navigating within the field of reality, so what advice would you give today to a young high school or undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a career in banking or finance?

   Thanks for your thoughts.

   1. Accounting, like investment banking, is a good career choice to learn accounting and finance. It will only work if you master the legal and regulatory systems associated as well as related IT. You need to master the software. Otherwise you are at the mercy of those programming it. If you use your time in college and grad skill to get the right skills and meet the right people – not a waste of time. If you waste the time, yes, it is waste. If you are disciplined about building those skills while working, then would be better off economically by learning them in action. So it depends on how you do it. What I would not do is go into debt to get the degrees.

      The power positions will be those who write the laws, those who write the code and those who can take the laws and code and apply them successfully – including keeping them from destroying – human ecosystems.

      I don’t know enough about fintech to answer your question. The ideal fintech entry level position would be roaming around a large investment bank or accounting firm building a series of fintech applications and software models, then finding a niche where you can build your own brand and economic power. My guess is that financial and accounting software will be an explosive opportunity for a long, long time to come.

      Ultimately accounting and finance are subservient functions. An economic activity uses them in the process of serving a purpose – making carpets, cleaning houses, publishing books, flying airplanes. The value is going to move much closer to the fundamental purpose at the retail level and who can add the greatest value on the most economic basis. That is why it helps to work with something you are passionate about. Takes a lot of passion as the margins are squeezed down to hold your interest.

      1. Excellent advice. Thanks so much. I will pass it on.

         1. Andrew:

            If you have not read AI Superpowers, would recommend. Excellent examples of deep learning applications translating into companies and IPO. See book review at solari.com

3. I very much enjoyed this interview. For a man of his credentials to say he was blindsided by the financial crisis and to describe a journey that was so very familiar was really helpful. Creating a new map is scary and it is a whole lot of work…and, also pretty lonely. Dr. Skidmore did a much better job than I in finding “life in the intersection”. I careened into like a pinball flying off the different flippers…but, thankfully, in no small part due to Solari, I think I found it (for now).
   P.S Scarlet O’Hara has been my strategy for most of my adult life…it’s a useful technique and I loved that someone else uses it and calls it that;)

   1. I laugh. I can always feel that moment coming on…”time to pull a Scarlet O’Hara…”

4. Fantastic interview and the 4 slides are just what a visual learner like me needs! I would love to be able to share only the last slide about Aspiration on my Discord server. I have about 20 friends on there and they are all truth seekers. I am working on them to become subscribers to Solari.
   I will not do this unless you give permission.

   Thanks so much for all of your help, and the learning and wisdom I have received from you that has guided my path to become coherent and maintain said coherence.

   1. Pam:

      OK to share!

      Catherine

5. This was an excellent interview just for the sage advice about how to help (or not help) others who haven’t crossed the bridge into Reality to find their way to some of the important intersections without doing psychological damage or necessarily ruining relationships.

   This has definitely been difficult for me. My journey into disillusionment and Reality started around 15 years ago and it is hard to remember now when talking to someone who lives entirely in Official Reality what it was like to be there and how difficult / painful it was initially to move out of that zone.

   Thanks as always!

   1. Thank you! Delighted to hear that you found it useful. Navigating these zones can be so very tricky.

6. Dr.Mark Skidmore is my favorite Solari Report guest.
   Such an intelligent, honest and humble man. There is hope for us.
   Thank you Mark!

7. I wish I could hear the interview. It was hard to follow because good parts we inaudible.
   Thank you.

   1. Hmmmm….let me check. Should not be. The audio quality on this one was good as I was able to record in person.

      1. Gina – do you have time stamps for where you experienced it being inaudible?

   2. Gina:

      Several of us had listened to it – no problem. However, I had a team member check just now to make sure. Here was their reply:

      “All good. – There was a tiny moment where Dr. Skidmore went off mic and that might have been the reason why the subscriber couldn’t hear. It’s not major and the audio is very high quality. If anything I lowered the volume.”

      Is there anything else you can tell me about your experience that would help me figure out what happened?

      Catherine

      1. Must be the device. I’ll use another. Sorry.

         1. Always appreciate the feedback. Important to get to the bottom of these things and figure out what is happening.

            1. Another great interview. I heard enough last week to connect with the Solari collective pondering how to navigate multiple realities. Solari subscribers are becoming an influential collective. Not surprisingly I have been evaluating how to go forward now that I have discovered everyone I know is in the Left Coast reality. It’s a good thing I’m an intuitive introvert, the spiritual world is a visible comfort.
               Most of the people I know a afraid, many think it’s the end of the world. Everyone is angry here , on edge. That is not surprising with the sheer number of gigantic 5 G towers I have found as I drive around looking at what’s going on in Washington State Opportunity Zones. Good Grief, I don’t know how we are all functioning.
               Something Catherine said has helped me understand how to retool conversation.
               You said the Nationalist on both right and Left, the Yellow Vests, the Chinese in Hong Kong are all pushing back against the same thing, it has different faces but we are all fed up with the same inhuman forces. Paraphrased but I say this to everyone. When I do a momentary unity appears between myself and the other human. Thanks for the Turtling forward.
               Prayers are with you and Dr. Skidmore.

            2. This is good news. There is, indeed, always a way. Turtle, turtle….

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