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Thinking Aloud

You know that horrible mental state that you get in when you haven’t gone out of your way to spice up life in a while? Call it a slump, a funk, or a rut…I’m in one; it’s not just writers block either, it’s my entire mental state. I feel like I have to do something [...]

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The Playful Entrepreneur

I have a friend who is a very successful entrepreneur, so successful that at 24 he is the youngest CEO listed in the 2009 Inc 500 (a listing of the 500 fastest growing, privately held companies in the country). He is the person who instilled in me that entrepreneurship isn’t about what you are doing, it’s [...]

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Why Do You Save?

As children most of us learned about money, and what saving meant via some sort of allowance. We got a certain amount of money per week (most likely for doing chores) and that money was ours to do with what we wanted.
When I first started receiving an allowance, I did what any kid in my [...]

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Entrepreneurship: Just Do It!

I have a passion for entrepreneurship. There is something grand about the spirit of bucking the curve, going against the norm and taking your employment into your own hands.
To go along with my passion, I have a scatterbrain. I get a great idea and I jump in head first, only to realize I’m diving in [...]

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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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Why I Don’t Have Cable

For my entire life until we moved into our new house I had cable, nearly every imaginable channel, and I never fathomed my life without it. Whenever I turn on a cable channel I take a step back in time to a memory of years past. Speed Channel depicts my childhood years dreaming of cars [...]

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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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