“School sucks!” Or at least that’s what nearly every student has found themselves saying at one time or another for generations. And despite being an educator myself, I have to agree with them. Those of you who have read my posts for a while now or know me personally know I don’t hide my feelings […]
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One thing after another… That’s what this week has been for me. Investment issues, business issues, brick walls (aka people), website trouble, computer freezes…it just didn’t stop. We’ve all had days, weeks, even months like these. It just feels like the whole world is against you. At times like these it’s important to take a
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“Time management is the best kept secret of the rich.” That’s what my mentor, Jim Rohn, used to say. A lot of people make the mistake of saying, “If I had more time…” when the fact of the matter is there is no more time. 24 hours. 1440 minutes. That’s it. No more, no less.
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Look around you… Take a good look. Have you ever stopped to really think about just how weird and wonderful life really is? Not a day goes by that I don’t find myself fascinated or frustrated in one way or another. But that’s the best part of you. We just never know what will happen
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Simplicity is underrated… Take a look at some of the great success stories of the past decade. Google, Apple, Facebook…all making life simple. Google redefined search, Apple developed the smartphone and FB took on social media. Back in the early 90s life was simple. And then the Internet went and changed all that. Now me…I
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Youth… The word alone creates many different images in our mind. Images of hope, strength, health, and speed. It is also associated with words such as inexperience, foolhardy, and naive. I must admit that each day when I see my four-year-old son run off to play with his friends at school that I am quite
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My son turns five in just a little over a month. A few years ago, he could barely walk and now he’s challenging my authority. How times have changed. Soon, as he begins to better understand numbers and, more importantly, money, his real education will begin. As he’ll attend a Japanese elementary school, his English
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The year – 1991. The city – Bangkok. At the time, few musicians had Thailand on their tour schedule, so when my friends and I heard that Europe was coming to perform we jumped at the chance to see a real-life rock band. Little did I know that rocking out at a concert would end
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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade… Great advice, but as most wise expressions go, they’re easy to say…not quite as easy to live. And unfortunately, there’s just no way of getting around the lemons of life. Even the luckiest of us run into trouble every now and then. Problems are unavoidable, but what we
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Helping people isn’t easy… I’m amazed at how often people ignore good advice. Movies, gadgets, restaurants, relationship advice, or investments…people seem to have a built-in force field that prevents them from listening to good suggestions. Just the other day as I jumped on the train, I happened to notice the young lady next to me
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