Category: 3 things I learned
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3 things I did early in life that I would not do today.
A great friend and mentor of mine by the name of Ken Byrd told me years ago, before he passed away. He said, “Brian, some people have one year of experience 20 times, while others have 20 years of experience.” Back then he was talking specifically about career advice and how to grow within an…
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3 reasons I know your financial situation will never change for the better.
Over the the last six months I have devoted much of my writing to finances, real estate, and the overall economics of life. As I have made that transition, some of the topics I have written about can really get people motivated to push back on some of my positions. I personally love the banter.…
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4 mindset shifts that I had to make to build wealth.
There are many ideas and requirements around what true wealth is to an individual. It could be wealth in their health, happiness, love, joy, etc. But in this post I am talking specifically about wealth from a money standpoint and the mindset shifts I had to make to start building some form of it for…
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Three things a teen must DO to stay out of poverty.
There is some research that I have heard about for years now around what teens can do to prevent themselves from living in poverty the rest of their lives. This morning I took a deep dive to learn more about the research and the findings. Although this research and information came out in 2012, the…
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Why do we think this is harder than it really is.
In his great book titled Change or Die, the author, Alan Deutschman makes the point, backed up by a lot of research that people really would rather die than change their habits or routines. Here is one example: Consider those patients with heart disease. Most with heart disease find themselves needing medical help because of…
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My new favorite drink and other questions I pondered seeking inspiration
We are now well in to the new year. It is day six of 2023. And one of the things I am struggling with his finalizing my goals I want to accomplish in 2023. I have the word document up on my tabs on my computer and I have been looking at it everyday for…
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3 Things I learned last week…3/7-13/2016
There is always someone better: Have you ever felt like: “I got this figured out. I am really good at this.” Or “I have been doing this for a while, and my results speak for themselves.” Come on you know what I mean here. You get arrogant or to say it nicely, you get really…
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3 Things I learned last week…2/29-3/6/2016
Making informed decisions: I am sure you have heard the phrase “paralysis by over analysis”. Which means you are thinking, discussing, and analyzing a decision so much that you haven’t, won’t, or can’t make a decision. So you are paralyzed, meaning you can’t move on, hence the word paralyzed. So why do we do this? I…
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3 Things I learned last week…2/22-28/2016
There will always be distractions: I am not sure about you, but for me, it is really easy to find something else to do. You know what I mean. On Saturdays, instead of cleaning the house, I have to run errands instead. On some mornings, instead of reading at least one chapter, I must read…
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3 Things I learned last week… 2/15-21/2016
My mentor said “make a study” of everything in life. My weekly “Three things I learned” is exactly that. It allows me to study my life and my experiences, which gives me insight. Moving from “Should I” to “How will I”: There comes a time in all of our lives that we have to make…
Pennies into Fortunes 