investment

I’m pro-learning, but anti-school

“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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is university a good investment in the 21st century?

“Investment” is a word that has powerful emotions attached to it. For many the word “investment” is synonymous with gambling so they associate the feeling of fear. For others, when they hear the word they simply turn off, as they believe it’s too complicated. And for some it means money, which excites them. The same

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understanding the big picture is the key to succeeding in investing (nerves of steel help, too)

This is by no means a financial blog. But in my studies I have found that money, or more appropriately, a lack of money is the root of many of our problems which is why each of us should make money a priority. I think Kim Kiyosaki (wife of Robert Kiyosaki) said it best in

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some ~ents on your road to success

This site and my first book, iSucceed: secrets for the average joe and jane, were created with one purpose in mind: To help give people tools to achieve more. I started off focusing on two major areas; self-development and business management. I thought that these two areas would give me the most bang for the

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a great lesson of success from the movie Ice Age

One of the greatest gifts parents can give their children is that of language. In my case that means English and Japanese as I’m British (though I sound American) and my wife is Japanese. As we live in Japan and our son attends a Japanese daycare we’re not concerned about him picking up Japanese but

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