As I’ve said many times before, LinkedIn is a game changer when it comes to an effective job search in today’s online world. There has never been a resource that made it as easy to find the critical information you need when you’re looking for a new job……
Want to make a billion dollars, but sadly not part of a rich dynasty? If you’re a middle-aged man born in September who got a degree from Harvard and took his company public, you might be in luck. If you’re a woman, you might as well forget it unless you’re…
Zig Ziglar was born in 1926 in Coffee County, Alabama, United States. He is an American author, salesperson and a motivational speaker. He is over 80 years old and still travels around the world attending motivation seminars to help people get stuff done. Sometimes, a simple quote can change the…
I’m no expert in matters of investing at the bottom of the pyramid, but looking at the statistics below, it seems like a no brainer to me. Half the world ( 3 billion people) live on less than $2.5 a day. 80% of all humanity lives on less than $10…
Lately, I have been meditating on the power of positive, optimistic attitude. My sense was that many of us need a periodic reminder to mind our attitudes, and apparently that’s a fundamentally true for most folks. Lots of people as with other articles wrote back to concur with the emotions…
I hit the send button and sigh deeply. That’s me emailing the members of an investment club I’ve chaired for the last 3 years (and still continue to chair despite having resigned over a year ago). Investment clubs have been touted as a fantastic way to pool your…
A marvelous lesson appeared for me just now as I was exiting the office. As I opened the door, I startled at a butterfly, which, upon spreading it’s wings, displayed a bright red “tail” hidden by the motley brown wings. It flew immediately to its perceived escape, the circle-topped…
I am not a confessed football fanatic, though have been treated to some of the best and spectacular soccer action in the past week. This is not to say I am going to delve into the emotions, the disappointments and the controversies so far seen. My focus and…
Set Financial Goals for yourself. A city worker once asked to explain his purpose in life said ‘I dig the ditch to earn the money to buy the food to get the strength to dig the ditch’. Alas, no wonder then, the ditch gets deeper and deeper! Live on a…
The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So the fishermen had to go further out to sea to catch their supply of fish, the fishing boats got bigger and bigger. The farther the fishermen went,…