Everyone is Selling Something

What Are You Selling? Last night was President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. Whether you like him or don’t like him, he was selling his heart out. He was selling the American people on the direction that he thinks the United States of America should be moving. You may have bought his sales…

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No Lemonade, Just Entrepreneurship

Lemonade or Entrepreneurship

When I started this blog in this format in October of last year, I was perplexed by this thing called a tagline. I wanted to come up with something catchy and something that reflected overcoming struggles and challenges, a topic that I know a lot about.  I decided to call it “Defining The Fine Art…

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The Best Christmas Present

This morning, I awoke to the seeming Monday morning feeling of a Tuesday after the long holiday weekend and did something I haven’t done recently-  count my blessings.  I know I should do it everyday, but I’m human, I get caught up in the rush of the challenges of the day and the goals of…

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I guess it’s time to get serious…

I now have a new blog address..kind of…again.  The main question you may be asking is “What the hell is he doing?” My answer is “Solving problems…and being creative…”  Yesterday, I broke the Terms and Conditions of my free WordPress site I was playing with about the same time that I was starting to like it.  I was going…

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Why I’m Doing Better Than I Was Three Years Ago

This is a note to all the politicians and the people that think that government will help you out. First, the question that is a campaign tool for many politicians is “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” I am a fiscally conservative single heterosexual man who is doing better than…

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My Turn to Face Reality Part One

Again, here’s the book that made me start thinking this. It’s the first time that I ever looked at business ownership and entrepreneurship from the perspective of an investment banker/venture capitalist. I mentioned in Facing Reality that this book “forced me to look at my business career and my life in an entirely new manner.”…

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I deserve my successes…

This is Brian Tracy. He doesn’t know it but he is one of my mentors. I own a lot of Brian Tracy audios and DVD’s. I do something crazy with his audios and videos, like I watch the videos, listen to the audios and take notes, looking for the ideas that can change my life.…

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