UGH!! I just finished reading an article about Social Security running out a few years earlier than expected. In 2033, Social Security benefits will pay out only 75% of the scheduled amounts. The article was quick to let those who have already retired know that they don’t need to worry. Their benefits will remain at 100%. But
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The other day I was having lunch with an amazing guy I know when the topic of eating came up. Now, if you know me, you know I have an incredibly public love affair with food. It is actually a little ridiculous. If the food I’m eating is really good, I won’t stop eating it
Evolution is a fantastic topic … when it comes to business. As far as humans, since there’s not one single person who can prove physical evolution—us evolving from a single cell organism that got tired of living in a mud pit— believing in it is beyond ridiculous. But that’s another blog post for another time. As a
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Letting go of “things” is always tricky. Letting go of your first love can be painful. Letting go of your first car can be either sad or exciting. Letting go of a childhood toy is sometimes difficult. As a kid, I have no clue why, I loved blue bears. Yep, bears that were blue. And for
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Marketing done well should touch the emotions. Every once in a while, you see a commercial that simply moves you. Recently, a friend sent me a link to one from Google Chrome. I took a couple of minutes, watched it and immediately began to smile. OK, maybe a tear or two might have escaped [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vkVHijdQk[/youtube] Now
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Life has become fast! Everywhere you turn people are cramming more stuff into their already overflowing days. In the workplace it’s even worse. I meet thousands of business men and women who are more stressed out than ever in their jobs. One of the down sides to that is our tendency to pass that stress on to
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Money problems are the number one cause of fights inside a marriage. Some studies show that 57% of the fights inside of a marriage are over money. So if it’s that bad at home, what happens when a couple works together with the business finances? Well, here’s a very common question from one of our
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The great Lance Osborne, Director of Simulcast for the Dave Ramsey organization, sent this to me the other day. It’s both funny and slightly sad. 🙂 Ever get ticked off by the little things in life? Sure, we all do. But seriously – how bad is it? Check out this perspective on our world, by
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Here is a great post by Lily Kreitinger. You can guest post as well! Read how to here. My new favorite word is resilience. When referring to an object, it represents how far the object can stretch, or its elastic potential. When talking about people or organizations, resilience is the ability to overcome difficulties and
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Leaders always ask the question, “Am I doing my team right?” Well, good leaders ask that question. (Bad leaders don’t care.) And while this is a concern, Benjamin Zander has a fantastic measuring tool. In his Ted Talk, Benjamin Zander on music and passion, he says you can tell if you’re affecting your team by
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