A quick note before getting to this week’s article… Just three weeks ago, I wrote an article about how to avoid becoming a victim of financial fraud and scams. You can read it here. And just a few weeks before that, I wrote another article stressing that integrity is a person’s most valuable asset. You can […]
Success is never about luck. What precedes success is an attitude. It’s perhaps the single most important factor when it comes to achieving your goals. While there are certain behaviors and attitudes you should adopt if you want to become financially free, there are also attitudes that you should consciously avoid if you want to […]
Back in May, my team and I attended the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder’s meeting in Omaha. As we were waiting in line to get into the Quest Center that morning, I was struck by the presence of another line that had formed outside. The other line that had formed was not waiting to get inside. […]
Ever since I can remember, I have been fascinated with money. I’ve studied how people build wealth and what they do in order to keep it. Looking back, the most valuable lessons I have learned about building wealth didn’t come from courses in economic theory from my days in college. Nor did they come from […]
The story of successful people, wherever they may be found –professional athletes, entrepreneurs, investors, or success in any kind of endeavor is at first a story of people’s accomplishments. But it is also a story of something else – the story of people who wouldn’t quit. It’s been wisely written that success in life is […]
Greek tragedy was a popular form of drama performed in theaters across ancient Greece. These plays were usually commissioned for competition during religious and other types of festivals, and many were re-performed and copied into scripts for ‘mass’ publication. Although each differed slightly, the plays had similar themes – a dramatic setting that deals with […]
One of the great universal mysteries: Why doesn’t everyone take common sense financial advice? Think back (maybe even as far as last week). At some point, you may have rolled your eyes at something you read or heard about personal finance that was just simple advice – and, in turn, you rolled the dice in […]
Something incredible happened one evening in the summer of 1968. It was the Olympics in Mexico City and the event was the marathon. But what makes this story interesting, is this – the Olympics were over. The closing ceremony had already taken place. All the medals had been handed out. The music had finished playing. […]
There are systems for success. Rules that every successful person follows to guarantee they will get to where they need to go. The infographic below provides the “rules to riches”, that can help accelerate financial freedom. These “secrets” are the golden principles that create wealth and make it grow.
