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This recession has impacted people’s lives in many unexpected ways.  The USA Today reported this week that many cash-strapped homeowners are trying to save some money by doing things that normally would be hired out, like repairing the roof, fixing the pipe or doing kitchen renovations.  The unintended consequence of this attempt to deal with […]

In the last article we talked about how loss of focus can be a critical distraction from success.  But it is important to distinguish a resting period from loss of focus.  An occasional rest does not mean that you are losing focus.  In fact, taking a break once in while is an important element of […]

We have spent a significant amount of effort in past articles describing the key ingredients to achieving success.  In this article we will review a key factor that leads to just the opposite effect, that is, distraction from achieving success.  It’s been said many times in the past that success is a journey and not […]

This recession has been extremely difficult for all age groups, but it has hit particularly hard the employment prospects of the 16-to-19 year olds where the unemployment rate is reported to have reached more than 21%.  But as they say, necessity is the mother of invention, and teens in need of spending money or looking […]

It’s been said that the masses have lost their ability to dream.  But no one wants or should live a life of mediocrity.  If you want to achieve your dreams, here is a short and to-the-point method to get you there:

Write down your goals, dreams and aspirations.  Don’t let anything limit your imagination, just write […]

Jim Kilts is one of the most successful CEOs in America.  After having revived Nabisco, Kilts was persuaded by Warren Buffett to take the reigns of the shaving company Gillette, where he was responsible for its turn-around.  In his book, Doing What Matters: How to Get Results That Make a Difference, Kilts takes an old-fashioned […]

The Standard and Poor’s 500 has rallied about 34% from its bear market low of 676.53 reached on March 9.  This can be categorized as a new bull market which is defined as a gain of 20% of more.  Although there are no guarantees that this bull market will hold, this performance is in line […]

In a world where immediate gratification drives many people’s decisions, it is easy to lose focus on the long-term ramifications of short-term thinking.  In this environment, you should be particularly careful about not being tempted to make decisions that may give you a false sense of achievement, when in reality you may be destroying you […]

The start of the twenty first century has been absolutely devastating to investors, particularly those invested heavily in stocks.  Even if the market produces good returns in 2009 – and it certainly has not had a good start – the decade ending this coming December will likely go down in history as the worst decade […]

It is well understood that in order to achieve success in any field of endeavor you need to be open to learning and to grow beyond you current comfort zone.  In the article Success Insights from a World Champion, we shared with our readers some important concepts that were outlined by the Josh Waitzkin in […]

April 15 is the dreaded tax day in the United States.  Let’s face it, although most people recognize that paying taxes is a civil duty, when it comes time to pay taxes no one is exactly thrilled.  But the pain becomes even more accentuated when you realize that the entire tax system is broken.  What […]