The aspirations, attributes, and actions of a successful entrepreneur are vitally important to understand and implement in order to accomplish any of our goals or dreams in life. Believing, thinking big, taking risks, being different, learning from failure, and persisting until the goal is achieved are not only applicable to entrepreneurs – but to everyone! But, what does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? Do you believe that many of the foundational attributes necessary to succeed as an entrepreneur already lie within you? Awakening the entrepreneur inside of you is (more…)

This is part two of three in the Entrepreneurial Success article series. Contained within part one were 15 general principles that are applicable not only to entrepreneurs, but to anyone who wants to accomplish any goal, dream, or success in life. The 12 tips below are much more specific and applicable to entrepreneurs, and have been known and taught by all successful entrepreneurs throughout every age. Understand, however, that success was not achieved by simply knowing or even believing the principles below – it came from actually implementing the principles, taking action, and persisting until their goal or dream was realized.

1) Entrepreneurial Management: Entrepreneurs (hereafter referred to as ‘they’) work on their business, not in it. They are not the boss or manager – they are the owner and investor. Whether or not they have the skills necessary to do the work of the business, they are smart enough to (more…)

This is part three (of three) in the Entrepreneurial Success article series. Contained within part one were 15 general principles that are applicable not only to entrepreneurs, but to anyone who wants to accomplish any goal, dream, or success in life. The 25 tips contained in part two and three are much more specific and applicable to entrepreneurs, and have been known and taught by all successful entrepreneurs throughout every age. Understand, however, that success was not achieved by simply knowing or even believing the principles below – it came from actually implementing the principles, taking action, and persisting until their goal or dream was realized.

1) Master-Mind Group: Successful entrepreneurs surround themselves with (more…)

Financial independence is possible. Unfortunately, it is often never achieved – much like all of our goals and dreams – because we don’t desire it enough, believe it is possible, and work hard enough for it. Just as detrimental, we become comfortable with mediocrity, allow others to dictate our decisions, become unwilling to put in the effort required to achieve our dreams, and never learn and implement the necessary steps that result in financial independence, time freedom, passive income, and our full potential being realized. Desiring financial independence is perhaps the first step; but we also need to (more…)

One thing that our educational system fails to teach is financial literacy. As important as subjects such as humanities and biochemistry are, for example, the reality is that to the majority of people, these topics have very little real life application on a day to day basis. The study of compounding interest, building and protecting your credit, monthly budgeting, proper use of credit cards, and even retirement investing are unfortunately rarely mentioned (if even offered) in our curriculum. What makes the matter worse is the fact that companies, media, movies, and our very culture daily bombard parents and youth with countless advertisements and opportunities to spend, accumulate debt, obtain unnecessary material possessions, and satisfy the greedy nature within us all.

The solution to such a problem is certainly easier said than done. However, perhaps the real problem does not lie in the youth’s ignorance of finance related topics, or the bombardment of media influences; perhaps the real problem lies in the inability of parents to understand, teach, and exemplify the very principles our youth so desperately need to learn. And what is it that our youth absolutely must learn? Or perhaps better phrased – what is it that parents absolutely must understand, teach, and exemplify before we can ever expect our youth to do the same? (more…)

Do you fully understand the importance and impact of your credit report? Do you realize that a three digit number, called a FICO score, largely determines and influences your financial and personal potential and success in life? Would it surprise you if I told you that a person’s credit report, history, and score often reflect their inner character – making evident whether or not they are ethical, responsible, trustworthy, dependable, hard working, and honest?

From a strictly financial perspective, having a high credit score is absolutely essential. In fact, your credit score is far more important than your GPA, education obtained, jobs and titles held, bank account balances, standardized test scores, and successes displayed on a resume. It is this three digit number that significantly determines whether or not you (more…)

Reaching our full potential, accomplishing our goals and dreams, obtaining our personal successes, and even acquiring wealth requires change – a change in perspective which results in a change of habits. Although we literally can become and accomplish anything, the majority of people everywhere live far below their potential because they are ignorant of (or simply just accept) how our society, generally, ingrains into them a mentality that is detrimental to their potential. (more…)

Often we hear that sales is an industry or a job – the reality is that the ability to sell is necessary in every industry, selling is more of a learned skill and mentality than it is a job, and the tips and attributes for effective sales can (and must) be implemented to achieve any dream, goal, or success in life. Perhaps first and foremost, we need to eliminate from our minds the misconception that (more…)

What is the two word phrase that is most synonymous with ‘family happiness’? It is … ‘family finances.’ Notice I did not say ‘family wealth’ – happiness in a home, marriage, and family is most often directly correlated with the ability of the parents to properly manage (not accumulate) and budget their finances! It is unfortunately true that over 80% of all divorces result, in some way or another, over finances. More tragic than the divorce is the fact that families are torn apart, children suffer, and society is feeling the negative ramifications of this all too common reality.

Fortunately, with a little education, self-discipline, and effort, we truly can ensure that our ‘family finances’ result in ‘family happiness.’ May I suggest 14 ways on how to accomplish this: (more…)

If you are an author, or even an aspiring author, you probably realize that less than 1% of published authors ever make more than $50,000. The vast majority of authors are unsuccessful because they fail to realize that their book is a product and that authorship is a business. Authors often fail because they believe that writing the book is their responsibility, and promoting the book is the publishers. The first step towards guaranteed failure for most authors is to simply write the book, hand the manuscript over to the publisher, and expect the publisher to make them millions.

To put it simply, authors fail because they do not (more…)