Another piece of advice from The Richest Man in Babylon is to discipline yourself when it comes to saving your money. They give the example of a man who decides that he is going to throw one pebble
Continue readingBack to the book “The Richest Man in Babylon”, here is another lesson that I feel is important to share. “Put in 10 pieces of copper into your purse but only take out 9”. When working for pieces
Continue readingOne of the most remarkable things about being a parent is how much I can learn from my children in any situation. Children are pure and don’t have any outside motivations or involvement in politics
Continue readingJerry Seinfeld has a routine about people always messing over their “future selves”. Be it “night me” vs. “morning me” or “present me” vs. “me in 12 months”, it’s all the same idea.
Continue readingI started reading the book, The Richest Man in Babylon this morning on the subway on the way to work. I have read a few reviews on the book, added it to my amazon.com cart and it arrived this past week.
Continue readingI was driving down the highway last night on the way home from a conference and my mind started to wonder. All along the side of the highway I saw billboards for all kinds of different companies and services.
Continue readingOne of the most important ways to get lucky is by developing lucky habits. Everyone in the world has habits, some are good, some are bad, and some don’t make a difference one way or another. The point
Continue readingOver the last few months I have been doing some research for this blog. When I decided that I was going to start the blog I started looking into everything I needed to know to build the blog, set it up
Continue readingI know this woman who always has an answer for everything. The answer is usually “I am this way because…” and then she ends off with either “that’s how I was raised”, “my parents abused
Continue readingThere are two different thoughts on building up social and professional networks.One is to invite and accept anybody and everybody and the other is only to accept friends and people you actually speak
Continue readingI just received this email from a fellow blogger and I felt it was worth sharing it on my blog. I responded to the email but I feel I should write about what went through my head as I read this email. Hello, I
Continue readingFor the last of my 10 posts on how to get lucky and increase luckortunity, I am going to tell you to “stop trying so hard to get lucky”. For most things in life you have blinders on and your eye set
Continue readingEveryone knows the famous advice “if life throws you lemons, make lemonade”, meaning take whatever bad life throws your way and turn it into something good and sweet. This advice is something that
Continue readingOver the years I have spoken to many very successful business people and entrepreneurs and every single one of them told me the same thing. To be successful, it takes a lot of hard work and you need
Continue readingOk, now that I have your attention I’ll tell you why you should just “shut up and listen” to get lucky. Listening is an art that is unfortunately not doing too well these days. Most people hear
Continue readingFor my sixth post on how to get lucky and increase your luckortunity, I am going to suggest going to a convention of some sort on a topic of interest. I cannot explain the amount of luckortunity that
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