Author: John Jarvis
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Beware the Status Quo By John Jarvis The term VUCA was invented by the U.S. Army War College in the 1980s to describe post-Cold War international dynamics. It is an acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. This clearly describes the state of play in so much of our lives today in 2026. In times…
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Steadfast Hughes Marino Mini Goalers! We had a fantastic run with the 2017 HM Mini Goals program at Hughes Marino. It has been so encouraging to see clients and friends join in alongside our teammates as we strive to be impeccable with our word twelve times a year (and have some fun in the process). For 2018 we are going…
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What a great, family-friendly and fun way to wrap up our mini goals in December with groups gathered together, patiently working on cool puzzles. The Jarvis family might have done a puzzle even if it wasn’t our December mini goal. But then again, maybe it would have stayed in the box while we were busy with all the other holiday…
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Inspiring Hughes Marino Mini Goalers! Thanks for recording and sharing some great family history in November. Our friend Colleen created a scrapbook detailing her family’s trip to the Dominican Republic where they celebrated her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. David Moran, who moved to San Diego earlier this year from Ireland, shared some awesome history and photos about his family.
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Through the years I have used a simple graph to explain a concept about market pricing and value. At some point I started calling it the “Jarvis Value Model,” and whenever I draw it on a whiteboard I always add a copyright symbol, you know, just in case. As an economics major at the University of California, Santa Barbara, I…
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Convivial Hughes Marino Mini Goalers! Congratulations on keeping your word in October and getting out for some beautiful long walks! Loved the photos! Thanks for sharing! And sharing is exactly what we are going to be doing more of in November, because our November HM Mini Goal is to: Record some family history!
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I saw some fantastic photos of the open road as we all kept our word and got in the car to take a road trip in September. It is easy to take for granted all of our modern luxuries—the smooth riding, beautiful cars with air conditioning, car stereos, sunroofs and GPS! And the miles and miles of smooth roads that…
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This past Friday Hughes Marino flew our entire ninety-person team for an all-hands gathering in our newest office overlooking Puget Sound in Seattle. That’s a lot of plane tickets. And a lot of lost productivity for this hard-charging and highly productive team. Or maybe it was actually the highest and best use of our time; coming together, in person to…
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Hughes Marino Family, With apologies to Dr. Seuss, “I said what I’d do and I did what I said…” How cool was the concert? Or the symphony? Or the acoustic coffee shop singer-songwriter pouring out their heart? There is definitely something about live music, right? I wish I could sing. It is a gift, and powerful when shared.
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We have been having fun with our Mini Goals program at Hughes Marino for several years, but this is the first year that we invited our clients and friends to play along. It has been fantastic seeing the photos and reading the stories of people doing what they said they were going to do. The June Mini Goal was to write an…
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Thanks for sharing all the beautiful images of your sunset gatherings with friends and family across the country. There is something important about pausing amidst our busy lives to look west at close of day and admire the moment. It is such a simple thing. And in our case, it was doubly so because, you know, we said we would.
