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Every moment is a new chance

On May 13, 2012 By

Every second that you are alive, you have the choice to change.

Snap your fingers.

Blink your eyes.

Tap your foot.

This second. You are fat – start walking.

This second.  You didn’t go to college – start reading and find a community college course or online course.

This second. Your job [...]

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If you do what you did, you’ll get what you got.

If you do the same amount of work as your average colleagues, you’ll be average.

Do you want to be average?

Do you want to settle for what life hands you?

Or, do you want exponential success?

Do you want the [...]

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You could tell a life.  You tell the truth.  You are an honest person.

You could buy yourself a fifth Coach bag.  You give the money to your sister who is having trouble paying her rent.  You are a generous person.

You find a co-worker is being ignored.  You include her.  You [...]

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How to live a good life?

On May 10, 2012 By

Stop and think.

Do you know how to live a good life?

Yes, of course, you do.

You want a good paying job.

You want a nice family.

You want to have friends.

You want to be able to indulge your interests.

You want to be in good health.

Every day, the [...]

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Who will be rich in 20 years?

On April 13, 2012 By

For ALL time in ALL countries, it is the RICH people who own real estate.

Who is buying the real estate?

I work in the Boston real estate market.

The people who are buying the real estate in the Boston area,  especially the investment, income, multi-family properties are the Chinese [sorry, ALL Asians] and the [...]

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8 Critical Elements of Success

On April 9, 2012 By

1. Success mindset – Don’t consider yourself average.  You must think of yourself as extraordinary.  You must maintain a can-do, positive mental attitude.  You must have self-confidence.  You are ready, willing and able to bet everything you have on you.  You live your life ALL-IN.

2. Self-reliance – Identify mentors who have done or are [...]

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You borrow a lawn mower.

You walk down the street knocking on doors.

You ask people who answer the door, “May I mow your lawn?”

Most people will ignore you, some will slam the door in your face and a few will threaten to call the cops.

Persist.

Probably between the 20th [...]

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Sometimes I sound like an old person.

That’s OK because in July, I will be an official old person [65!]

From 1965 – 1969, I was a full-time college student AND a full-time Assistant Manger of Customer Service at the huge Sears store in Boston.  I worked 40 hours a week and proudly earned a [...]

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When success happens

On March 28, 2012 By

Success is extraordinary.

It is limited.

It doesn’t always happen.

It doesn’t visit everyone.

If everyone gets good grades and trophies and raises, it isn’t success, it is just ho-hum ordinary.

To realize true success takes real effort and often risk and often discomfort.

You run most days.  Lots of people run. [...]

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Is there room at the top?

On March 27, 2012 By

It depends on your definition.

If you want to be a branch manager at Bank of America, you have thousands of chances.  If you want to be the president of the Bank of America, there is only one job.

If you want to be an Olympic Gold Medal winner in water polo, there are seven [...]

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