April 2018
9 articles published this month.
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
Is Someone Abusing You? Here’s How to Claim Your Power Almost Instantly
Saturday, April 28, 2018 Delray Beach, FL. - He was the kind of person that leaned into you when he spoke. Poked you in the ribs to emphasize his enthusiasm and never laughed at your jokes. When he met K for…
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Notes From My Journal
The Importance of Being Earnest
Saturday, April 28, 2018 Delray Beach, FL – He had accepted the opportunity to become a partner in our Jiu Jitsu studio, but a week after he started he realized he couldn’t do it. He had two other jobs, a sick…
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
Swarm Intelligence and Free Enterprise
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Delray Beach, FL - Scientists use the term “swarm intelligence” to describe how relatively dumb animals can do amazingly smart things. Termites, for example, have nearly nonexistent…
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Notes From My Journal
The Rental Market Today vs. 2007
On April 16, 2007, I wrote this in my journal: Rents are expected to go up in 2007. This would be the third year in a row. The rise is projected to be 5% this year for a 14% total rise since 2004, a report by…
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
How to Fix Your Business in Seven Days
Saturday, April 21, 2018 Delray Beach, FL - Your business is stuck. Or maybe it’s you. It needs something to get out of its rut and on to another level. What to do? How about a 7-day Gordon Ramsey redo? Have…
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Net Investible Wealth
Saturday, April 21, 2018 Delray Beach, FL - Principles of Wealth: #14 of 61 Income is an important factor in the acquisition of wealth, but it is not a measure of it. Nor are expensive possessions. The only…
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Miscellaneous Essays
Liberal Arts Over Technical Skills For Business Success
I am sometimes asked – and I don’t know why – what course of study I recommend for college students wishing to become successful in business. My answer usually provokes skepticism if not scorn. I recommend…
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The True Cost of Buying
Saturday, April 14, 2018 Principles of Wealth: #13 of 61 Delray Beach, FL - We buy financial products and services because we believe they will make us richer. But we should never forget that the purchase…
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One Thing & Another — April 7, 2018
Word for the Wise Leonine (LEE-uh-nine) = of or relating to a lion. Example as used by Sax Rohmer in the 1915 crime novel The Yellow Claw: “In the leonine eyes looking into hers gleamed the light of admiration…
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