Life is a Dance

You know what you want. If anything was possible, you know what you would do. What is holding you back? More times than not, I realize that barriers are self-imposed and that obstacles are meant to be navigated around. Then one of two things happen: I push ahead, jump over the obstacles, and do what [...]

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The Economy Relies Upon You Being A Good Consumer!

You are an individual. But you are also a member of a global community. Most important of all, you are a Consumer. As a member of this community, it is your DUTY to consume. Why? Because the system would collapse if you stopped spending and the consequences would be AWFUL. The system that runs your [...]

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Five Ways To Reduce How Much You Need To Retire By $300,000

This is a guest post written by Todd Tresidder. If the idea of accumulating a million dollars (or even half of a million) for retirement is daunting then consider this: for every $1,000 reduction in monthly retirement spending you will similarly reduce how much money is needed to retire by $300,000. That is a big [...]

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Talent And Desire Are NOT Enough: What We Must Learn To Achieve Our Goals

The traditional view of achievement assumes that results come from a combination of talent and desire. Therefore, when you fail, it must be because you are not talented enough or that you don’t want it bad enough. However, failure also occurs when talent and desire are abundantly present — but optimism is missing! Why is [...]

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Lose The Extra Weight and You Are Likely To Increase Your Wealth

In my last post, I shared the bummer news that being in debt doubles your risk of being overweight. Since the poll I included with my last post shows that roughly 45% of the readers who responded are overweight, I thought I’d share the encouraging news I dug up today: Overweight Americans who lose a lot [...]

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Being in Debt Doubles Your Risk of Being Overweight

The likelihood of being overweight or obese doubled with increasing indebtedness, an association that could not be explained by other socioeconomic or medical factors, according to an article published online in the journal BMC Public Health. Adam Baker, mid-twenties, boldly exposes his dual battle with debt and weight by openly blogging all about it. I [...]

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Self control. Willpower. I Need Me Some of That!

Every day, usually when I’m in the shower, my brain whirls with blog topics. I dry off, get dressed, dash towards my computer to type the post that burns to get out of my mind and onto paper. Tweeeet! Oh, a Mention on TweetDeck? Check it out. “Thanks for the RT”, I quickly type back. [...]

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