Category: Books
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The three ways the government will continue to stick it to the middle class.
I am going to attempt to be as non-partisan as I can on this particular subject. Because I do think it is a problem on both sides of the aisle. At the same time, I do believe one side has more honest brokers on how to deal with the issues. And I won’t be wishy…
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Embracing Action: Overcoming Indecisiveness
More is lost by indecision than by wrong decision. The first time I heard this quote was in the season four, episode thirteen of the Sopranos. The name of that episode was Whitecaps. And it is by far one of the top five episodes in the series. And this has nothing to do with this…
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How can I save and invest more money?
Author James Clear in his monumental best selling book, and the one book I highly recommend everyone read at least twice has a lot to say about the 1% rule. The 1 Percent Rule states that over time the majority of the rewards in a given field will accumulate to the people, teams, and organizations…
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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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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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5 pieces of the BEST financial advice I have ever received.
I am sure over the years I have been given a lot of financial advice that I have incorporated in some way into my life. If you are open to learning you will seek and find nuggets of wisdom in everything you do. For this post, I was thinking about what are those pieces of…
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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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Book Summary: Atomic Habits, the greatest book ever written on “habits”.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones is a book written by author James Clear. The book provides a comprehensive guide on how to build good habits and break bad ones. Clear argues that small changes can lead to big results, and that the key to success…
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Pennies into Fortunes
Years ago, I listened to one of the most prolific speakers of a generation. He was already dead by the time I learned of him, but I bought everything he had ever written and everything I could buy that he had recorded for listening. He changed my life and therefore changed the trajectory of life.…
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3 takeaways from the book “Think and Grow Rich”
“Think and Grow Rich” is considered to be one of the best business books of all time for several reasons. The book was written 86 years ago and has stood the test of time across multiple generations and is still listed by many people as one of the, if not, the best business books of…