Failing to Succes

Tweet If you believe failure is an end all, be all; then YOU need to watch this inspirational video:

Finding Your Ness

Find Your Ness

Tweet A little more than a decade ago, I found myself entering the financial services industry after graduating college. Not because I had a strong calling or passion for the business, but because I had no idea what else to do…I was just doing what I was supposed to do! Although I was excited for [...]

Become an Expert

Expert

Tweet One of the reasons I love this is country is that anyone can become an expert. It doesn’t matter your current position or occupation because if you are willing to put in the time you can become an authority on virtually any subject Don’t believe me? Think about these examples: Rush Limbaugh and Shawn [...]

Break Out of the Averages

Above Average

Tweet The average American: • Earns $35,000 per year • Has some college, but has not graduated • Is overweight • Has 11 jobs during their lifetime • Has $34 in their wallet • Watches 2 hours 49 minutes of television per day • Lives in an 1,800 square foot home • Has a net [...]

If I Never Tried

Success and Failure

Tweet           If I never tried I never would have failed I never would have loved I never would have married I never would have had my beatiful children I never would have learned from my failures I never would have started a business I never would have had a business [...]

Failing Leads to Success

Failure and Success

Tweet Since grade school we have learned that failing is no good. Personally, I think failing is a good learning experience and creates some of the most successful people the world has ever seen. Walt Disney went bankrupt a few times, Abraham Lincoln lost a number of elections and had a nervous breakdown, Thomas Edison [...]

College and the Real World are Different

College is Not The Real World

Tweet Personally, I had a great time in college, but looking back on my experience it is nothing like life.  Actually, the majority of your college experience does not prepare you for what you are going to experience throughout your life. Here are the top five ways the real world differs from college: Grades Don’t [...]

Dealing with Mistakes

Mistakes

Tweet If you are like most people you have probably made a mistake at work, at home, or school.  Over the years I have learned making the mistake is not your biggest problem, but how you handle the mistake will determine the ultimate outcome.  Just in case you think that I am perfect, I will [...]

Are You Lucky?

Lucky

Tweet Many times we look at people who are more successful than us and we think boy are they lucky!  Maybe they are millionaires or married out of their league (I fall into that category) or they got promoted at an absurdley young age.  How often do you look at one of those scenarios and [...]