Category: behavior
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The lesson I learned about money by watching my older brother.
When I was a kid I can remember sitting in the van watching my dad and my pappaw cut grass for an owner of a few apartment complexes around town. This was way before every guy in town had a truck pulling a trailer full of large scale mowers. My pappaw had an old red…
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Stop it with the “bucket list” idea and do this instead.
As most of my followers know I recently read a book titled Die with Zero. It is one of those books that changes the way you think. At least it did for me. In the book the author suggests something called “Time Buckets” versus “bucket list”. And I like this concept so much better for…
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The 10 facts of life that nobody talks about enough.
From time to time we all think about life and the things we have learned along the way. If you don’t do this, you should. Because so often we are living our busy life we don’t take the time to really understand our life. You have to to take the time to think. I had…
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5 reasons you haven’t taken action.
There have been many times in my life when I just felt stuck. I didn’t know what the next steps were. In these cases, I have had to take a step back and question what is driving this “stuck” feeling and what do I need to do stop it. Here are some ideas that I…
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Why security is an illusion and what you should do instead.
The United States of America was founded by a group of guys who made the risky decision to go against the British and the crown. They were willing to risk everything they had for an idea of a new country, a new world that was founded on principles of liberty and a true democracy. One…
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The three people in your life you can’t spend too much time with
Here is the reality of life, most of us are getting our advice from the people closest to us. When we are born we are born in to a family good or bad, and the things we see and are exposed to influence how we make decisions and how we interpret things. I don’t want…
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Lifestyle Creep and why I do these three things first
I can remember standing outside the shop door talking with the president of the company. I didn’t report directly to him because he was now overseeing a different part of the business. But from time to time I would join him and the lead engineer outside and talk to them while they got their nicotine…
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The Comfort Crisis, Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self,
I read a lot of books each year. On average around 40 or so for the last decade. To some people that isn’t a lot, but to 99% of the rest of the world, it is a massive amount. Out of those 40 books each year, I would guess about two-three will actually be compiling…
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Why your decision making is keeping you stuck
Several years ago, I read the best book I have ever read on human decision making and the two type of decisions we make. One of the decision making types really doesn’t do much for you other than it helps you get through your day. The other type of decision is one that actually moves…
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Show up
Success in life really comes down to these two words: Show up. There is nothing magical or hard about it. When you show up good things will eventually happen. When you show up you are keeping the commitment that you made to yourself. This one thing alone is just as important as the showing…
Pennies into Fortunes 