The other day I was reading a story about a small business that had achieved some moderate success. The company started out with just a few employees and over the years had grown the business to having several hundred employees. I generally love reading these types of articles, as they tend to embody the spirit […]

Game Stop. BlackBerry. AMC. Bed Bath & Beyond. What do they all have in common? They’re meme stocks. In case you are not aware, a new retail trading phenomenon has emerged whereby “geniuses” on Reddit and social media platforms promote a hot stock with a meme. Then, the masses, including big investment firms, go buy […]

It’s custom to say that people “develop” good habits and “fall into” bad habits. I don’t buy that into that way of thinking. I believe that a habit is a habit and it’s no more difficult to form good habits than it is to form bad habits. To develop good habits, you simply must adopt the […]

There’s a power in words. Especially words spoken by us, about ourselves. They manifest. And when they manifest, they can either create or they can destroy. Indeed, what we say to ourselves plays a critical role in either helping us or hurting us, in achieving success. I have a question for you – how well […]

The principles that build wealth haven’t really changed much for centuries. With so many people looking for secrets, the real secret to building wealth is that there are no secrets. It’s really about using common knowledge that has stood the test of time. Below are 47 timeless wealth building maxims, containing much of the wisdom […]

One of the most difficult things to deal with in life is regret. In fact, regret is the most frequently mentioned emotion, right after love. There’s the normal type of regret. Maybe you said something or did something and in hindsight you wish you would have done things differently. I think most everyone has this […]

I love creative fiction. And there’s no shortage of fiction out there about what it takes to be successful. So many untruths… So many misconceptions… So many myths… …about what’s required to live the good life. In reality, it only takes four simple things: clarity, confidence, courage and commitment. Those four ingredients make all the […]

At a very young age I decided I wanted to be financially free. It was an ambitious goal for a poor kid from the country. But I knew I had to get out of the cycle of poverty around me… and the way to do that was to save money and to grow it by […]

Owning your own home has been called the American Dream, but for some it’s turned into the American Nightmare. It’s very common for people to think of their home as a piggy bank. As a result, many Americans leverage themselves to the hilt with an “asset” that drains them dry financially. How dry? According to […]