How To Get Rich

* Or, how our approach to risk changes as our lives change. A good friend of mine is an avid golfer. He’s also a father, a partner, a son, a brother, a (very successful) salesperson and a mayor (at a certain Starbucks, at least). I’m writing this for him, in particular, but also for anyone…

“Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.” – Marcus Aurelius As we wrap up this week of “labor” related quotes, let us pause to ponder the importance of starting. So often I learn new things, or new ways of doing things, only by starting…

“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein Whatever you focus on, with emotional intensity, comes into being. Let’s dissect that a bit: “Whatever you focus on,” the thoughts and images you repeatedly create in your mind; “with emotional intensity,” whether you feel or generate positive or negative emotions around something,…

“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” – Brian Tracy And – conversely – unsuccessful people are those with unsuccessful habits. It is truly staggering how much of our lives are automatic. On the one hand, it is this “automation” that makes a great deal of progress and ease possible. If we had to consider and…

It’s okay that you haven’t worked as hard as you could have. It’s okay that you’ve chosen safety over risk. It’s okay that you’ve been less than you are. It’s okay because it’s in the past. But it’s not okay anymore. It’s not okay for you to read this and keeping mailing-it-in. It’s not okay to…

After reading a message from a (virtual) mentor, Steve Chandler, I was inspired to write about the difference between “have-to” and “want-to” or “get-to.” To boil it down, if you’re an adult and you don’t view everything in life as something you want to do or get to do (or, I suppose something you are…