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The (Real) Secret

I’ve never loved The Secret, as a book or a movie. Maybe I missed something, but the primary message I came away with after reading and watching it was that if I hope for something long enough, it will happen. That is probably a little bit of an over-simplification, but I still feel like they […]

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The Law of Averages and You

Averages rule the universe. You may be more familiar with this statement as the law of averages. Let me give you an example as a refresher on the law of averages. When you roll a typical 6-sided die, what are the chances that you will get a 6 for ten rolls in a row? Everyone

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Where Are You Spending Your Time?

If you’ve ever read about the 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman, you know that, for must of us, there are particular things that make each of us feel loved. My wife’s love language is “Words of Affirmation.” She loves to be complimented and praised. I could do many other things – wash the dishes,

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Why You Should Invest in Technology

  I’ve been talking recently about what I call the “principles of prosperity.” The last couple have had to do with money – what it is and how it works. Today, I’d like to touch on technology. The principle here is that the purpose of technology is to serve its master. That might sound kind

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You’re Chasing a Dollar… What’s the Dollar Chasing?

I talked recently in another post about the fact that money is a tool that we use to keep track of value. Money really has no value in and of itself; rather, it has value because that is what we associate with it. We receive money in return for creating value through a service or

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Creating Value vs Making Money

Today I’d like to share a principle with you that has changed my perspective. The principle is this: money is a tool. You could just stop reading right there. After all, I’ve just shared the most important part of the post. But let me elaborate on this a little bit. In order to really understand

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Giving to Charity

I’ve talked about the importance of paying yourself first, and how living that principle will bless your life. Equally important, however, is its sister principle: pay 10% to charity second. When you pay 10% to yourself and 10% to others, amazing things happen. This is one principle that I can’t really quantify and tell you

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The Principle of Saving

No matter what you call it – pay yourself first, save, setting money aside for a rainy day – making sure you take the first chunk out of your paycheck is an important element of living a prosperous, rewarding life. We’ve all experienced Parkinson’s Law; the idea that we tend to expand our spending to

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The Beginning of a New Life

Principles are tremendously important tools we can use in our lives to affect change. A principle is an eternal truth. It can be applied across all circumstances, all times, all places, and it is still true. I try to share principles with those I work and interact with each day, including you. These principles aren’t

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The Hard to Find (Important) Details

I’ve recently been looking into real estate as an investor, and I found a rental property relatively close to my home that looked pretty promising. It was advertised as a 4-plex, with 2 duplexes on the same property. The price was fairly steep, but not unreasonable considering the income the property was generating. I was

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