Paying To Play – The Payoff of Live Events
There I was, sitting in the back corner of this big conference room trying to hide from everyone. “What the heck did I get myself into”, I murmured out loud. “I don’t belong here. Maybe I should leave and ask for my money back. Nobody will even know I am…
Four Things You Must Know About Selling
Who doesn’t want to make money doing what they love? There’s nothing wrong with that. But, is starting your own business that simple? It can be if you have the drive, dedication, and passion…AND…you know how to sell. I don’t mean the car salesmen type who is in your face the second…
10 Things You Need to Know Before Buying Your First Rental Home
Ready to jump into real estate investment and buy your first rental home? The gyrations of the stock market in August 2015 certainly is bringing other forms of investing to the top of people’s minds. Investing isn’t an “all-in” thing, or it shouldn’t be. Diversification is the advice most stock…
30 Fast Tips for a More Frugal Life
msn money For money-minded people, frugality can be more than a smart idea — it can be a way of life. Whatever your financial goals, being more frugal can help you save the money to accomplish them. To get the best been-there, done-that frugal advice, GOBankingRates challenged some of the…
7 People You Should Always Suck Up To At Work
MSN Money A stellar performance and excellent work ethic will take you far in your career — but your relationships are what will ultimately make or break it. “People should remember that being likeable helps you succeed at work,” says Michael Kerr, an international business speaker and author of “The…
The Best Time of Day to do Everything at Work
First Company We all want to work smarter, and science and data have proved that timing plays an important role in scheduling different types of tasks at work, from getting a response to your email to asking for a raise. Grab your calendar, and pencil in the best times to…
3 Stocks Billionaires are Buying
USA Today: Billionaire investors Warren Buffett, George Soros, and Carl Icahn probably aren’t on your speed dial, but you can still know what they’re buying. Goliath investors, including these three legends, submit a 13-F report to the Securities and Exchange Commission every quarter, highlighting their buys and sells in the…
How to Choose a Great Investment (4 steps)
We’re going to do something that’s hard for most people in today’s essay… It involves some math. It involves thinking hard about rather abstract ideas. For most of you, it will involve learning new jargon, which is probably the hardest part. No, it’s not as hard as walking across a…
6 Things We Can Learn From Mark Cuban And Bill Gates
Addicted2Success Bill Gates didn’t wake up with a career opportunity laying on the bed by his side, he worked hard to pursue a career that he was interested in. Same is the situation with every entrepreneur that has ever been in the news. Entrepreneurs are regular people. However, they do…
The Big Idea Formula (new story)
Big lesson today. A big IDEA lesson. It starts with the story going around the Internet these days about a young man who ate at Chipotle 150 days in a row. How this is “news” is beyond me, but there is a big marketing lesson buried in this tabloid journalism. One of…