"Friday5" excerpt: Be like Mark Wahlberg octos, airline safety, patience

There are over 100 Wahlberger restaurants in the world

Mark Wahlberg is everywhere these days. His movie career is still going strong and Whalbergers has over 100 restaurants worldwide. Of course, you'll never be good at everything like Mark seems to be.

By the way, Mark's older brother, Donnie (pictured at left above), was in New Kids On The Block, the popular 80's boy band. My three brothers and I had a boy band of our own backe then. Caruso opened up for NKOTB in 1987 or so. Mark was just 16 years old at the time.

A few of the Caruso brothers posing with several of the New Kids on the Block. From left to right: Michael Caruso, New Kid, Caruso guitarist Alan Liggett, New Kid Jordan, Rob Caruso, New Kid, Joe Caruso

Reaching

The octopus is ready for its spotlight! "Octos" may be the smartest and the strangest of the invertebrates. The cephalopod has 500 million neurons, as many as dogs. But half of the octo's brains are in its eight arms. The Academy Award-nominated film, My Octopus Teacher (Netflix trailer) is below.

Click the image to watch the trailer

Improving Despite the news stories you're aware of, airling travel is safer than it's ever been. Here's one of the reasons.... Carriers voluntarily report incidents and share that data with each other. Also, there's no punishment for airlines or aviators when mistakes are uncovered. This impressive airline safety revolution has companies in every industry thinking of how they might work better together. (Duane Johnson demos a secret to connecting with others in this blog post.) Quoting

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson Persevering

Trying to do great things can create tension.. Great minds from Emerson (above) to Whitman (Leaves of Grass) have wrestled with this intractable issue. Know this for sure: Worry too much about being "perfect" (video below) and you'll do nothing. Done is better than perfect. If you have a hankering to take a big swing at something, do "it" now. This is your time; you will never have it again.

Vacationing

Remember, success leaves tracks (video).

Thanks for being with me on this journey. Speaking of journeys, The Redhead and I leave for a Florida vacation tomorrow! _____

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