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The 7 Traits of Highly Effective Teams

As individuals, we can achieve many commendable goals.  However, significant, large accomplishments that have a major impact in a company, a community, or the entire world, can only be achieved with a group of people.  This article will explore success from a broader perspective, beyond the individual.  We will discuss the 7 traits of highly [...]

WWS | January 17th, 2007 | Continued

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Feature Article #2

Corporate Career Success – How to Become CEO

For many people the ultimate success in a corporate career is to reach the most senior position in the corporate ladder, which is typically accompanied by a C-level title: CFO, CIO, CMO, COO, and, the top company title of CEO.  Reaching the top job in the corporate world requires many years of experience and several [...]

WWS | November 4th, 2006 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

How to Increase Your Income

If you want to increase your wealth fast, and perhaps become a millionaire, but you have already maximized your savings rate and your risk-adjusted investment return , the only option you may have left is to increase your income (see article “How to Become a Millionaire”).   So how exactly do you increase your income?   This [...]

WWS | October 22nd, 2006 | Continued

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Feature Article #4

How to Become a Millionaire

Você gostaria de ter um milhão de dólares?  Para algumas pessoas essa quantia parece ser inatingível.  Porém, se você mora em um país rico, como os Estados Unidos, mesmo que você só tenha uma renda média, você pode alcançar o objetivo de se tornar um milionário.  A quantia de 1 milhão de dólares hoje em [...]

WWS | October 22nd, 2006 | Continued

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Feature Article #5

How Many Millionaires are There in the World?

A palavra milionário é geralmente usada para descrever uma pessoa rica.  Quando falamos de milionários, pensamos em mansões, limosines e yatches.  Mas qual é a definição exata de um milionário?  A definição de milionário mais bem reconhecida é de uma pessoa que tenha bens financeiros no valor mínimo de US$ 1 milhão, excluindo a casa [...]

WWS | October 16th, 2006 | Continued

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About this Site

How This Site Came About I have always been very interested in success and the knowledge and techniques used by successful people.  What I mean by successful people is not necessarily the celebrity type, or the guy with the mansion and the Ferrari.  I am talking about people that accomplish many great things, live a [...]

Elements of Success in College

In order to make it in the business world, it is important for a student to not only survive college, but to conquer it. In order to do so, a student must focus and commit to taking certain steps in order to make the most of their time in the college system. Here are some [...]

Letting Go To Succeed

Every day I take a break from my work when I get to the point of being tired of what I am doing, and I usually go play basketball. The breaks that I enjoy the most are when I am alone on the court. Uninterrupted.  I shoot, shot after shot. I enjoy trying to perfect [...]

Learn About Sales and Start Your Own Business

Starting a business is an exciting prospect.  A new business, no matter how small in the beginning, opens the doors to a new future filled with freedom and the ability to set your own direction.  There are many ways to be an entrepreneur. Some people are full-time entrepreneurs, while others fit their entrepreneurial activities within [...]

Is Real Estate Investing for You?

In the article “The Skinny on Success” we reviewed the book by the same name written by Jim Randel.  Jim has done a great job with the series The Skinny On, capturing in a light-hearted, easy to read format, essential information on a variety of topics.  We will begin a series of reviews of the [...]

How Much Money do You Need to be Rich?

In the article “Middle Class Status No Longer a Symbol of Success” we defined what it means to be in the middle class in America.  But as we the title of that article implies, being middle class does not necessarily mean that you are financially successful, as it was once assumed.  In fact, the middle [...]

Success and Self Worth

Like all parents, mine were insistent that I complete college.  They never went to college, so what was the big deal?  I had just spent twelve years of my life in school, why would I want to go back for four more? I wanted a job, a car and money and I wanted it now!  [...]

CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton: No Excuses, No Regrets

Dr. Ralph Shrader, Chairman & CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, shares with us some words of wisdom about what is means to be successful in your job.  It is refreshing to see someone at the very top of one of the most respected consulting firms in the world talk about success at all levels, in [...]

How to Reduce Your Auto Insurance Cost

Paying for auto insurance can be a very discouraging process.  You pay but get no immediate benefits other than the peace of mind that comes with being covered in case something happens to your car.  For a society that is used to getting immediate gratification this can be very difficult indeed.  Sometimes it just feels [...]

Are You The Best?

Are you the best?  The best at what, you might ask, to which I would respond: it really does not matter. People that are highly successful are usually the best in their field of endeavor.  If you want to be highly successful here is a surefire formula that will get you there:  Find something that [...]