Category Archives for Mindset

How the Lost Art of Self-Direction Literally Kills People

…Plus, the Simple Antidote for Unemployment I don’t know exactly how it’s happened, but most people today seem to have lost their ability to create meaningful work for themselves. If a company or boss isn’t telling these people what to do, they’re unable to function in an economically meaningful way. And outside of doing what […]

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How to Get Off the Hedonic Treadmill [Find True Happiness]

“Is getting rich worth it?” That was the question posed on Quora. One of the anonymous people who responded claimed to have made $15 million in his mid-20s when he sold a tech startup. He wrote a lengthy response, but here is the part that stood out to me:

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Success is an Ongoing Process NOT a One Time Event

Would you believe it? This week I surpassed the 600-post mark on this blog. I started this blog in January 2008, about five and a half years ago. So that works out to roughly 109 posts a year. Which reminds me…

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Life is 1 Big Experiment that Flies By Pretty Fast

Life is a game, yes. But it’s also an experiment. You develop a hypothesis. You test it out. Maybe it works. Maybe it doesn’t. You learn from each experiment. You refine your thinking. You refine how you live and how you run your business.

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Fantastic Financial Advice from a Modern-Day Solomon [Book]

I’m reading a fantastic book right now called How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis. I consider him to be a bit like a “modern-day Solomon.” After all, like Solomon, Dennis has acquired much wealth in his lifetime. And also like Solomon, Dennis spent a few years in total debauchery, after which he became wiser […]

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