Cracking Open Your Nest Egg…

Posted on: January 15, 2013

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My book Passive Income 101: a story about paying for college without selling your soul details – in the voice of a high school senior, Alexzandra – how one might go about paying for college in an “unusual” fashion…by using passive income to do it. Th …

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Ready…Fire…Aim!

Posted on: December 11, 2012

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Yeah, I meant that. How many of us live our lives like this? You get prepared to do something. Ready. Then you Fire – and your shot goes way off target. And so then you Aim, and get a little closer, Fire! Still off. You Aim again…Fire! Why do we work …

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I’m Thankful For…Things Going Wrong?

Posted on: August 15, 2012

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Wow, what a great photo, right? It’s one of the bars at The Standard Hotel, New York. H and I had the most amazing evening here. But it almost didn’t happen. We had tickets to do an evening dinner sail around New York – spent a pretty penny for it, too …

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“I thought you could take a joke” – passive aggressive behavior

Posted on: June 14, 2012

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Today in a networking meeting, a fellow member turned to me when something that is considered “taboo” in our networking group was raised (“hustling” someone for business) and “kidded” me about doing it. It surprised and hurt me. Though I am an MLM prof …

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“It Worked For Me” by Colin Powell

Posted on: May 21, 2012

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I’m reading a great book by one of my idols, Colin Powell (are you allowed to call a four-star general and former Secretary of State an “idol”?) He talks about “slipping away” from his posh office and bodyguards, and going down to the parking garage wh …

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