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Preparation and Overpreparation

November 29 2:01 pm ,
Goint the Extra Mile

Going the Extra Mile

There is nothing like a defining moment to snap you out of life, or consume you.

It could be an exam that you waited for 4 years, 5, 10, 20 years, to take – the bar exam, accountancy, architecture, nursing, engineering, med, teacher’s licensure exam…  It could be a job interview to where you want to work for a hundred years…  It could be the olympics or a boxing bout or a title that you want to take away from someone, like maybe a beauty contest, or a book that you have always wanted to write… It could be a recital or a marriage proposal…

The single defining moment of your life.

You could be mediocre.  You could be winner.

I first heard the word “mediocre” from my teacher in Broadcasting 101. She made it sound like it is something we should not desire.  That “just getting by” is the loser’s mantra and that we are not that.

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Increasing Your Financial Intelligence Series: Rules of Warren Buffett

October 4 12:22 am ,
Finding Kindred Minds

Finding Kindred Minds

I could never get enough of Warren Buffett.  I follow him on Twitter (and follow everyone he follows), his name would be the red flag that would make me read financial reports and updates (and countless finance websites I subscribe to that send me maybe 20 emails a day), and I even tried to join his 10,000 Women.

I cannot help it.  He was there at my first foray into the world of money and investment through a book given to me by a mentor: The Tao of Warren Buffett, by Mary Buffett and David Clark.  That introduction so inspired me that I have dedicated my life to learning all I can about this enigmatic thing, wealth, which has the power to change lives – not only the money earner’s but everyone’s.  Buffett, the philanthropist, showed that it can be done (and should be done). I moved on to learn the principles of Kiyosaki, Orman, Coelho, Bo Sanchez, Ramit, Tim Ferris, Dan Kennedy and countless others.

But I always go back to Buffett and his principles.  Here are three and some life’s lessons.

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