What the Kung Fu Panda Can Teach You about Becoming a Millionaire
July 16, 2008
Writer Auditions – Author Connie Brooks – Offer Your Feedback Last weekend we took my daughter to her very first movie: Kung Fu Panda As we sat in the theatre, and the lights went down, I did not expect much from the movie. In fact I planned to spend the entire time studying my daughter’s [...]
Financial Independence Day – Escape the Rat Race with Lessons from our Forefathers
July 4, 2008
Financial independence is not out of your reach, despite how difficult a goal it may seem at times. You don’t have to take my word for it, looking back in history you can learn the principles that will help you overcome massive obstacles and achieve financial independence. Here are some factors that were key to [...]
Setting Big Goals is the First Step to Achieving Success
March 15, 2008
Those that aspire for success are the ones that achieve it, I’ll give you an example. For all of you non basketball fans, March is a big month for college hoops. Weeks, months, and years of anticipation & preparation come to a head for hundreds of players & coaches in the NCAA basketball tournament. The winner [...]
Time Is Money
November 9, 2007
What’s the one thing you never seem to have enough of? TIME. Time is a scare resource, you can never make more of it and it’s constantly slipping away. This scarcity and non-renewability is what makes time worth money. We’re often forced to spend our valuable time on things we don’t deem worthy of our [...]
Can You Get Paid to Learn?
October 31, 2007
Is there a job in your industry where you can get paid to learn about a topic that you need to know about anyways? Get Paid to LearnIf you’re going to be spending a lot of time at a job, mine as well find one that creates value for you other than just a paycheck. [...]
How to Work Extremely Hard and Get Nothing Done
October 16, 2007
Do you ever have a flash of inspiration, stayed up all night working on your idea only to see it’s brilliance fade away the next morning? My computer is littered with projects like these, so many in fact that I’m almost an expert at working hard and getting nothing done. Running Standing StillIt can be quite [...]
How to Quit Your Day Job in Six Not So Easy Steps
September 21, 2007
What’s the secret to being able to quit your day job? Make your own time worth more to you per hour than your employer is paying. How can you do that, one step at a time : ) Step One – Overcome NaysayersThis is a topic I’ve been giving a lot of thought to recently. [...]
Should You Improve Your Life or Watch Television?
September 18, 2007
If you’re happy with the way things are going in your life, you can stop reading and change the channel to some other site. If on the other hand, there are things about your life that you’d like to change then stay tuned and turn up the volume : ) TV ScheduleI was listening to [...]
Which is a Better Gamble, Playing the Lottery or Starting a Business?
August 27, 2007
Have you ever heard a co-worker complain about their job then follow it up with something about quitting once they win the lottery? I feel bad for these people and would love to crawl into their head to read their thoughts. Do they really think they’ll win the lottery? If their life plan is based [...]
Time Is Money – How I Will Stop Wasting Money & Time!
August 18, 2007
Do you feel like the older you get the more you understand the saying that time is money? Responsibility levels tend to increase with your age and before you know it there’s no time left in your day! Since the opportunity costs of lost time can be enormous and I have found myself spinning my [...]