You want to know how to get rich? I mean really rich, not like millionaire next door rich. Like house in the mountains, skiing 4 months a year while you’re still making money rich. Start a business. (but not just any business) That’s the three word secret that can take you from the tedious road [...]
Why I’m Frustrated With Goal Setting
It frustrates me to no end that we’re never taught how to set goals right in school. Sure, I can tell you the chemical formula for table salt, but I couldn’t plan my best year ever in a way that breeds success. Our culture does a great job of impressing upon us the importance of [...]
Why Your Goal Will Fail – And What To Do About It
There’s a lot of joggers out right now, have you noticed? Fast ones, slow ones, big ones, small ones. Joggers with new running gear. Joggers with strollers. Joggers who looked happy, and joggers I keep an eye on to make sure they don’t pass out in my lawn. January is a month for beginning new [...]
The Work Only You Can Do
Last summer I attended Quitter Conf with 200 other people pursuing their dreams. The host, Jon Acuff, challenged us, “Give yourself permission today to be your secret self.” Just for the day. Just at the conference. Let yourself be the person you deeply wish you were. What would you be? What would you be [...]
How I Saved Over $20,000 In One Year
I always liked to think I was good at the personal finance thing. I knew to never carry a balance on my credit cards. I knew how to invest for retirement. I knew how to stay out of trouble for the most part. I was doing pretty well – or so I thought. The truth [...]
Fighting The Resistance
Lately I’ve been carrying a list of my top short-term goals in my pocket. It’s so easy to get distracted and to come up with new “urgent” things I need to be working on. If I’m not careful I’ll wind up racing from one shiny object to the next without ever really doing anything. For [...]
