"Dave Kekich Credos and His Heroes Interview Inspire You and Teach You the Secrets Of Success"
20. Rationalizations are generally convenient evasions of reality and are used as excuses for dishonest behavior, mistakes and/or laziness.
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Ralph Zuranski: Well, what is your definition of heroism?
Dave Kekich: It is probably a couple of things. Facing your fears and acting in spite of them would be one. Standing up for your convictions when faced with adversity would be another one. You talked about being wiling to die for your principles, and that would certainly be one: one I hope most people won't have to take.
I say walking the talk, when you have a lot to lose. Doing the right thing when it is not popular. I would say that all those things go into making a hero.
Ralph Zuranski: Did you ever create a secret hero in your mind that helps you with life's difficulties, especially after you had your injury?
Dave Kekich: No, no. I never did.
Ralph Zuranski: Who are the heroes in your life now?
Dave Kekich: My heroes are almost all dead. But there are so many of them. Giordano Bruno was one of them. He was burned at the stake for heresy, and he was a scientist.
Thomas Jefferson was one of them for me, and Thomas Paine, and Sir Isaac Newton, who is probably the most important person who ever lived, who based his work on his breakthroughs and his work on the amount of property that has been affected. Basically everything that is electrical or mechanical stems from his integrations, and Einstein.
There are a lot of people who are alive today, without naming them. Basically they are people who rise to the top with humility and integrity, and people who set positive roll models. And my heroes tend to be scientists and business people.
"Dave Kekich Credos and His Heroes Interview Inspire You and Teach You the Secrets Of Success"
David co-founded Exceptional Producers, Inc., the country's largest life insurance master general agency, which raised $3.1 billion of premium income for First Executive Corp., co-founded a national financial services company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies for 11 years.
He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook "How the Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments".
David founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous public and private corporations. He also sold and developed real estate.
In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the "Maximum Life Foundation", a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases. He founded MaxLife Capital, a venture capital group for life sciences industries targeting anti-aging technologies. He also co-founded Stem Cell Products, LLC, a privately held biotech company specializing in stem cell signaling factors and advanced peptide technologies.
David serves as a Board Member of the American Aging Association He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and studied under Dr. Andrew J. Galambos at the Free Enterprise Institute for two years.
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Anonymous (all those wonderful insightful heroes who influenced me one way or another, either consciously or unconsciously, but whose names I can't attach to any particular Credo.)