No matter what success philosophy you adhere to, each one holds this concept near and dear: the seeds that a farmer plants are the crops that he will harvest. Yet so many are harvesting nothing and are unsure about why. If you look back at your life, you’l see that every important thing that you’ve […]
What is it that allows the poor kid to transcend the wealthy child and the middle class person to leapfrog the trust fund baby? Although I call it a “secret”, it’s not really a secret at all. Countless self-made millionaires have been using it to their advantage for years. It’s the great equalizer to success […]
Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone ‘Neath the halo of a […]
Starting down the road to success is, by its very nature, a challenging endeavor, and achieving financial success under any circumstances is a great accomplishment. But some people have had more obstacles to overcome than others. Some defy incredible personal odds — including serious depression, extreme injuries, homelessness and even blindness — to become successful. […]
The crazy boss. The insane co-workers. The reorganizing. The reorganizing of the department that just got reorganized last month. The downsizing. The layoffs. Being forced to do twice as much work as before, for the same money, …and a stupid “attaboy” plaque. The mind-numbing marathon meetings that suck the life out of you. Being ushered like […]
I launched this blog a little over a year ago and the response has been incredible, to say the least! Given the sobering statistics about personal finance and also the plethora of silly get-rich-quick schemes out there, I knew that there was a need for a common sense approach to wealth building. As the readership of […]
The secret to making resolutions that actually work is also the secret to achieving freedom of any kind, especially financial freedom. So let me explain how freedom is achieved. Freedom begins with a profound disgust with the current state of affairs. Face it, you wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t dissatisfied with something in […]
Is the American Dream still alive today? Can people still rise from poverty to wealth? Many are saying no. They’re pessimistic about the future. They think their children will be worse off in the future than they are. They don’t see a way forward. They’ve given up. For the first time in a long time, […]
