10 Ways to Invest in Yourself This Year

10 Ways to Invest in Yourself This Year

  I want to share this article that I wrote for StartUp Mindset earlier this year.  The article is written primarily for aspiring entrepreneurs but when I reread it, I realized that these tips could apply to just about anyone. Hope you enjoy!     You’ve heard that it is important to learn how to invest in yourself. But what does that actually mean? The purpose of any investment is to yield an acceptable return.  Building wealth, a business, or a healthy relationship all require an investment of some kind.   So how can you invest in yourself so that you can improve your overall lifestyle? In...

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How to Solve Bigger Problems Faster

How to Solve Bigger Problems Faster

Moving Mountains

  In life, we will all face problems.  Some of the problems will be small and pesky, others will be giant and intimidating.  I think we can all agree that no matter the size of the problem, we always want them gone. Throughout my years working for a financial institution, and now as an entrepreneur, one of my goals has always been to not let little problems stop me and to conquer my biggest problems quickly.  I learned that not all problems can be eliminated swiftly.  There are some issues that we face that can only improve over time.  But it was...

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4 Ways to Drastically Improve Yourself In the New Year

4 Ways to Drastically Improve Yourself In the New Year

This year will be different

The desire to improve oneself is something I think we all have. But for some reason, many people struggle to become the person they've always wanted to be. Change can take time and that may be the reason so many people cannot seem to reach the goals they set or accomplish the things they desire. Although I do agree that change does take time, I also believe that there are things that can be done to move you in the right direction at a faster pace. Those things are often never easy which is why most people do not do them....

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Should You Quit Your Job to Become an Entrepreneur?

Should You Quit Your Job to Become an Entrepreneur?

I did recently. If you've been following this blog for a while, you know that I've been working in the financial industry while running my businesses part-time.  But earlier this year, I decided to take the leap and become a full-time entrepreneur. The Growing Feeling A few months before I left my career, I began to have a funny feeling that I would not be at the job for long-which was crazy.  It was crazy because the job that I was able to land was a dream job for me.  I had the opportunity to work with several different teams, learn under a...

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The Rapid Promotion Project: How to Get Promoted Every 8 Months or Less

The Rapid Promotion Project: How to Get Promoted Every 8 Months or Less

03/06/2016 There are few things worse than being stuck in a job that you no longer want to do. Trust me, I know. In my case I worked for a large financial institution in a department where there was no opportunity for advancement. Whether you seem to get passed up for every promotion or you work for a company where there seems to be no opportunity for growth, being stuck in one position too long and instead of growing in your career is like floating on a raft in the middle of the ocean. In this post I will share with you a...

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7 Reasons Why You Haven’t Reached Your Goals Yet

7 Reasons Why You Haven’t Reached Your Goals Yet

1) You don’t know what success is The problem with success is that most people don’t fully understand what it is.  Success cannot be generalized because success is not the same thing for everyone.   A successful life all depends on the individual’s goals for themselves and their ability to achieve those goals.  Goals change throughout a person’s life so the idea of success will also change.  If at the age of 5 a child wants to grow up to be a football player, then success is making it to the NFL.  But by the age of 21 if he decides that investment banking is what he...

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How to Make the Most of a Bad Situation

How to Make the Most of a Bad Situation

If you are reading this, you are either going through a tough situation or, you are about to be.  We've all been there.  Financial difficulties, relationship troubles, or career struggles, there are many situations that we come across in life that try their best to break us. Although these situations are sometimes unavoidable, there are ways we can benefit from them.  I know what you are thinking, “There is no way that there could be any benefit from this!”. Trust me, I've said the same thing. When we are going through tough times, we sometimes want to do everything possible to get...

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7 Ways to Spend a Sunday Night for a Better Monday

7 Ways to Spend a Sunday Night for a Better Monday

I feel sorry for Monday. It gets a bad wrap. Even though it is technically the second day of the week, it is the first day in the school and work week. While everyone looks forward to the weekends and celebrates “Hump Day”, Mondays are the butt of jokes and is made fun of on posters. Most people begin to dread Sunday nights because of Monday mornings. But, if your Sundays were more productive and enjoyable, perhaps your Mondays would be better. If you're reading this posted right after it was published, you have another week before before you can use some...

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The Know-It-All: My Interview With Bestselling Author A.J. Jacobs

   He has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and now, Potential 2 Success. I was first exposed to the writing style of AJ Jacobs while reading The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris.  AJ wrote about an experiment he called “Outsourcing Life”.  In the experiment, Jacobs outsourced his entire life to a group of virtual assistants in India.  The well written, witty piece influenced me to hire my own virtual assistant.  Along with being Editor-at–Large at Esquire Magazine, Jacobs is known for taking on unusual life experiments.  So when I saw the book The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble...

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Hunter, Scavenger or Prey: Which Life Are You Living

Hunter, Scavenger or Prey: Which Life Are You Living

  Most people wonder endlessly about why their lives are the way they are. Being stuck in a job that they hate, staying in an unhealthy relationship, or never really achieving their purpose in life.  These may be the results of living a life that lacks courage, individuality, and an unwillingness to aggressively pursue a better life.  Instead of having the courage to face their adversities, question the direction their lives are headed in, and actively seek true success, they opt to wander the earth with no real ambition and a lack of purpose which leads them to be a victim...

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