Think Positive Many people have come to realize that what we are focused upon often manifests itself in our lives. Thus, if we are apprehensive about or fearful of events in the future, we will often attract that very thing into our lives. Fortunately, it works the other direction as well. If we are [...]

In two-and-a-half months, the Treasury has used up half of the money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Here’s how it came and went so fast. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — President Bush has grudgingly allowed General Motors and Chrysler to drive away with the last few billion bucks in Treasury’s TARP till, which boasted $350 [...]

(CBS) When it comes to bailouts of American business, Barney Frank and the Congress may be just getting started. Nearly two trillion tax dollars have been shoveled into the hole that Wall Street dug and people wonder where the bottom is. As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, it turns out the abyss is deeper than most [...]

Are you a victim? Do you suffer from victim mentality as you walk the road to success? You are probably saying absolutely not! What I have discovered is there a lot more individuals who are truly living victim lives because they consistently live with these 1 or more 3 sins of victim mentality. Sin #1 [...]

I recently had the honor and pleasure of meeting Mr. Bill Bartmann at the Peak Potential’s Never Work Again Seminar in Palm Springs, CA.  And I must say he is the nicest, most down to earth billionaire I’ve ever met (okay, so he’s the ONLY billionaire I’ve ever met).  How many people can say that [...]

The jars system is an easy and simple way to manage your money. In the beginning I resisted this system. Eventually I gave in and began to see the financial rewards first hand. In my last post I shared some of the benefits of using the JARS to manage money. In this post I’ll cover [...]

In T. Harv Eker’s Millionaire Mind Intensive, both trainers Harv Eker and Keiron Sweeny have been emphasizing on the importance of setting a money management system with the jars or different accounts. There are 6 jars or accounts that has specific purposes: 1. FFA – This is your Financial Freedom Account. This is a jar [...]

If you are looking for flexible investment vehicles that you manipulate within your portfolio such as stocks, bonds, futures you should pay close attention to ETF’s. By definition ETF stands for exchange traded fund, an ETF holds assets such as bonds and stocks and its net worth is equivalent to that of the negotiable instrument [...]

It is that time of year again when we reflect on what we had hoped to accomplish in the past year and what we plan to accomplish in the next. Most times we look back and realize that we did not quite measure up to our hopes and dreams. As a business advisor and executive coach I have found that people tend to make the same mistakes when setting goals for both their business and personal lives:

1. Goals do not support your life or business main purpose. Put another way, the goal is not aligned with what you are trying to accomplish. It has been said that the two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you discover why! Make sure your goals support your reason for being.

2. Lack of continual action. Goals usually die from inactivity. Make sure you take one positive step towards your goals every day. Make it part of your to-do list and schedule time to make it happen.