Are You Investing in Your Career or Business?
Most of us contribute faithfully to our retirement plan each paycheck. But have you considered that there may be much better investment opportunities? The Math Behind Investing in Yourself Consider your career or business for example. The average income for a US worker is $908/week according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of […]
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How to Create an Advisory Board for Your Business
If you look at any major public company in the world, you’ll notice one common thread. They ALL have a board of directors or an advisory board. Most have one board of directors and multiple advisory boards. The majority of companies start with a single person or a few individuals, the founders. These are the […]
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Why I Use a Personal Trainer When I Can Teach the Class
My personal trainer was sick the other day, and I found myself helping others in the gym that he usually trains through all the exercises. I knew them by heart after doing it for years. So why do I continue to work with a personal trainer? It’s the same reason companies spend boatloads of cash […]
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Lessons from Being Called a “Scammy White Guy”
I asked for some feedback the other day on our new recommendations page on our website and got this response. Looks like a recipe for “overconfident white guy gives scammy advice.” Ouch. A Defensive Reaction My knee jerk reaction was to point to the tens of thousands of followers who follow this site, and to […]
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Personal Development Book of the Month: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Born in a year of famine in a tiny Austrian town to becoming one of the most widely recognized names on the planet, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s life story is a study in what it takes to become the best, and some of the pitfalls along the way. Seven-time Mr. Olympia winner, four-time Mr. Universe winner, Golden […]
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How to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
Do you wish that you could be a better public speaker? Find and join your local Toastmasters club by clicking here, and you can be… Watch this interview with Fox News as Don Smith and Larry Hemingway discuss the benefits of Toastmasters in preparation for the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Capital City Toastmasters in Springfield, […]
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What is Your Budget for Investing in Yourself?
“Ultimately, there’s one investment that supersedes all others: Invest in yourself,” Buffett says in a recent interview with Forbes. “Nobody can take away what you’ve got in yourself, and everybody has potential they haven’t used yet.” With returns of 25%-1000% or more, investing in yourself has proven to be far and away one of the […]
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Book of The Month: The Storyteller’s Secret by Carmine Gallo
Name virtually any transformational leader, and I will show you someone who uses stories to get their point across. Stories that capture our imagination are the catalyst for change, always have been, and always will be. When I revised our workout challenge to tackle a growing epidemic that is leaving millions of people stunned from […]
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Book of The Month – The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
This month’s personal development pick is “The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life.” This is the intriguing life story of one of the most respected men in the world. Perhaps the most successful investor of all time, Warren Buffett has been given the title of “The Oracle of Omaha.” Once ranked as the […]
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I Feel Like I’ve Sold Out to the Corporate World: Becoming an Entrepreneur
“I feel like I’ve sold out to the corporate world. I’m good at my job, and the pay is decent, but I feel like something is missing”, began Nick. I smiled to myself as Nick continued on. I knew exactly how he felt and had heard virtually this same line repeated by many of the […]
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