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 […]

Who gets to determine what we will become in life? Who chooses what we read? Who gets to decide who we associate with? Who decides how we spend our time? Who gets to look for someone to blame? I have a question to ask you: Should you leave to chance whether or not you will […]

THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and […]

I recently reconnected with a good friend from my youth. A high school buddy whom I’ve haven’t spoken with in over 25 years reached out over social media and we spent a couple of hours on the phone reminiscing about the “good old times”. I laughed so much my sides hurt. We talked about everything […]

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ― Groucho Marx What if I told you there was a simple, almost guaranteed way to become a millionaire? No, it isn’t a product for sale on a late night infomercial. Or a […]