“I Want to be Financially Free, But…”
I hear this sentence a lot: “I want to be financially free, but I have to learn how to make passive income and quit my job first.” Notice I did not label the statement above as an excuse. I simply called it a sentence because, for many people who say it, it is a statement […]
5 Meaningful Ways to Say Thank You (Resources: Thanksgiving Challenge Day 1)
I’m already seeing it all over the internet: The Christmas Countdown. Right after Halloween when that article went out that said scientists had “proven” people who put their Christmas trees up earlier are happier, I knew this year was the year a lot of people were probably going to kiss the spirit of Thanksgiving goodbye […]
Lies We are Telling Ourselves About Aging (If You Invest in Real Estate, You Must Read This)
In early September, the New York Times published an article about aging and assisted living that elicited some very strong and negative responses. In the original article, the author called the concept that American adults might be capable of aging independently while retaining the maximum amount of self-reliance possible was “a lie” in which “we […]
5 Things I Learned from Disney, Part 2: Goofy Goes Out of His Way, or, “The Right Way to Treat Your Customers”
**This is the second part of a five-part series about how a terrible vacation experience turned into one of the best life and business lessons I could have learned. Please click here to read Part 1: Our Cruise Vacation Falls Apart if you have not already.** If you read Part 1 of this series, then […]