Who do you choose?

I was reading James Altucher’s new book, Choose Yourself! (definitely worth checking out) and I got so into the book that once I finished I turned the book back over and started again. Make sure to check out his site as well.

Altucher touches on many of his failures with brutal honesty sharing on multiple occasions where he lost millions after a successful company and ended up broke. Most people will never have a $1 million bucks in their account all at once, but Altucher on many millions and went bankrupt.

That’s not the lesson that stood out, it’s how he was able to bounce back using his “Daily Practice.” I’m not going to go through all of it, you’ll need to check that out yourself but he had 2 major themes which alone provides humongous value to your career path and personal brand.… Read the rest

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Become the octopus of your finances!

Perhaps you’ve thought to yourself, “I wish I was an entrepreneur like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg…” Here’s a surprise, you were born an entrepreneur.

Being an entrepreneur doesn’t start as an occupation, but a mindset. You can be the “entrepreneur” of your career and, as we will see, your personal finances.

Think of your personal finances as a founder of a start-up thinks of his new company, you’ll see many similarities:

Pivot Your Finances

The photo-sharing service, Flickr, actually started off as a multi-player online game. What they found out was that most players spent time working on their avatar images rather than actually playing the game.… Read the rest

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How the hell am I supposed to read the labels…

Stumbling out of school, you look over your shoulder, as if in a movie, and see mirages of your education career.

The late night cramming, the late night parties, sleeping in the back of the class, staring at a test paper hoping you sat down in the wrong class because you understand zilch of what’s on the paper.

Mostly, you finish with a collection of facts, great friends, and a diploma. Let’s think about it, do leaders thrive with their “collection of facts.”

Of course not.

Leaders have something that followers don’t…the Power of Decision.… Read the rest

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Flickr

You always want more time in your day, more time to do the things you love. Well as we talked about in the last post about Pruning and Batching you were able to free up counter-productive tasks.

Remember that everything you feel may be productive, could actually be lowering productivity.

“Is there something better i could be doing with my time?” – The key to Pruning.

Sometimes busy schedules can only be pruned so much that you simply need more time. Where else do you find time?

Waking up Early

Oh no! The worst 3 words many don’t want to hear.… Read the rest

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Flickr

“I don’t have time to do that.” Ever hear that? Maybe you’ve said it, heck, I’ve said that, until I actually thought about my daily schedule to see where the time goes. Chunks of time were spent staring off in the distance THINKING about what I want to do in that spare time. We lose productiveness.

See the irony in that statement? The problem many have is they take breaks in little bit size pieces and they tell themselves that they don’t have the time to do what they want on hobbies, spending it with the people they love, getting their finances in order.… Read the rest

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Give it up for….

What’s the easiest thing in the world to do. Think about it for a second.

The easiest thing to do is quit. It’s so simple, just drop whatever challenge or even non-challenge you are doing and give up.

You feel free for a second (“yeah more time to sleep!) but then you feel guilty. Doesn’t matter what it is, you’ll feel guilty for quitting.

The curse of “us humans” is we immediately justify it in some way.

Recently, I tried cooking Tuna and Noodles…out of a box! And halfway through it I just started telling myself “Just throw it away, Sam’s the cook, you suck.… Read the rest

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Get in the Game – Flickr

“I could never make that much money, they would never pay me $XXX.” Remember telling yourself that?

Especially with younger pups like myself, more and more 20-somethings fall into the mindset they are worth $0. Kinda depressing right? “I don’t have 3 years experience so I can’t get that job or make that money.”

You are worthy.

You’re Taking Yourself out of the Game

You undervalue the skills you bring to the table just because you didn’t go to an Ivy League school, get a huge internship, or be born in a palace with the queen and Kate Middleton.… Read the rest

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