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Failing Is Quitting Before You Give Yourself The Chance to Succeed

It is a common belief that failure is the opposite of success, you either succeed or you fail, and there isn’t much of an in between.  But is this really true?
Thomas Edison is credited with creating the filament in light bulbs that made them feasible for average americans to buy (no he did not invent [...]

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An Open Farewell Letter To My Co-Workers

I’ve never been much for the “standard” way of doing things, because I know if I put my own style behind it it’ll be more memorable. So this post is a blend of a standard blog post and a parting or “keep in touch” letter to my colleagues, in which I out myself as a [...]

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You Are Who You Associate With

Cliques are everywhere, they are unavoidable.  As we grow up we float from clique to clique and we change “lunch table groups;” perhaps we were even members of a couple of different cliques at once. Our friends shape our reality and influence us beyond belief.
Even as we get older peer pressure is still extremely powerful. [...]

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The Power of Gradual

The Power of Gradual is quite possibly the most powerful force ever.  It takes discipline, hard work, and time, but it has proven time and time again the best way to get things done.  Have you ever placed a bucket under a dripping faucet and forgot about it?  By the time you walk by it and [...]

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Book Review: Getting From College To Career…

Helping Generation Y bridge the gap between college and the real world is something that I am passionate about because I don’t feel that I had any idea what I was doing once I graduated.  I felt alone, everyone was telling me to get a job, and to make matters more interesting, I got married [...]

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Entrepreneur Mentor Society

As I’m sure you can tell, I love business and personal finance (why else would I create a blog about it?), but what many of you might not know is that my true passion lies in entrepreneurship.  My passion came about in college when I decided to surround myself with the people I wanted to [...]

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Diversify Your Life

In college it seems like there is always ongoing tension between those studying Liberal Arts and those studying Business. 
The business students look at the Liberal Arts majors and think “What in the Hell are they going to do when they graduate? How will they support themselves? Maybe they will just disappear to the shores of [...]

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