The other day I was reading an article about a big, well-known tech company that’s been hiring people into technology positions that come from non-technical backgrounds. For example, they were hiring people with legal and arts backgrounds into very technology centric roles. I found this fascinating…until I didn’t. More about that in a second. […]
Shiny new Italian sports car in the garage. Mansion on the hill. Second home on an exotic coast. Big yacht in the harbor. $30,000 watches. Private jet travel. These are the typical images you see about wealth on social media. Pictures and pictures of people displaying their things or the things they want. Which leads […]
As head coach at UCLA, John Wooden won ten NCAA national basketball championships in a 12-year period—seven in a row — an unprecedented feat. Within this period, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games. He was named national coach of the year six times. But times weren’t always this good for Wooden. Wooden grew […]
People say the craziest things. I’ve gotten a chuckle out of some recent news interviews I’ve read. When there’s been evidence of a crime having been committed, this little gem of a statement seems to be rolling off of many people’s tongues nowadays… “They must not be from here, because nobody from (insert state here) […]
Did you know that Albert Einstein once tried to take up golf but quit because he found it too complicated? Seems a little odd doesn’t it, given that he’s the father of modern physics! Here’s the story: In the late 1930’s, Einstein was urged to take up golf by Dr. Abraham Flexner, the founder and […]
The secret to making resolutions that actually work is also the secret to achieving freedom of any kind, especially financial freedom. So let me explain how freedom is achieved. Freedom begins with a profound disgust with the current state of affairs. Face it, you wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t dissatisfied with something in […]
One of the most common myths of success is that successful people don’t fail or make mistakes. I get a deep belly laugh every time I hear that. Want to know the truth? Successful people actually fail more often that non-successful people. That’s right, they make way more mistakes and errors than their counterparts. Why […]
There’s a reason why most people don’t get ahead financially. They keep doing the scary things with money that prohibit them from moving forward. In today’s video, I reveal some of the scariest things people do with their money and the nightmares it creates… Here’ s the video: Be free. Nothing else is worth it. […]
You’ve heard of the expression “out of the mouths of babes”. There should be a version of that for grown-ups. Something like, “out of the mouths of adults”. Meaning, you never know what will come of the mouths of adults regarding their finances! Case in point… A friend of a friend contacted me the other […]
