The secret to your success is not giving up. I strongly believe if you do one hard thing for 10 years in a row, you will achieve results far beyond your expectations. Don’t quit before giving your effort a chance to produce amazing results. Talent is overrated. Grit is underrated. My belief of working on […]
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Want to get rich or feel rich? You might as well take advantage of rich people! OK, I’m not trying to be insidious. Hear me out in this post. For background, I retired with a $3 million net worth in 2012 at age 34. Today, I’m 47 with an eight figure net worth thanks to
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Here’s a story about how Uber sold the false dream of riches to its contract drivers. Back in 2015, I gave over 500 rides on Uber to thoroughly understand the platform. The sun was just starting to peek over the mountains so I pulled over to stretch my legs. It was 6 am. I had
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Everybody has some degree of FOPA, or Fear of Other People’s Approval. We’ve become so accustomed to fitting society’s mold that we’ve stopped thinking and acting for ourselves. We seek prestige and status, which becomes a never-ending endeavor that will make you miserable after a while. But I argue that to truly make a difference
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If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly thinking about good small business venture ideas to make money. Through either addressing an unmet need or making something better or inventing the next Facebook, you could be deriving a nice side-income outside your routine day job and have an eventual payday down the road when you want
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Fake news is a problem that doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon. When Trump was president, it was fascinating to witness the war between Trump and the mass media, especially CNN. The rare press conferences he hosted were entertaining to watch if you were stuck on the toilet longer than normal one morning.
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There will undoubtedly be tremendous turbulence in our lives that will test our faith. But controlling what we can control is a vital part of growth and happiness. My favorite thing to control is work ethic. Because I realized early on I neither had the mental or physical talent to surpass my peers, the only
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When I found out RealtyShares was closing its doors to new investors on Nov 7, 2018, I was shocked and saddened. Given they are based in San Francisco, I had met multiple people from RealtyShares since mid-2016 and developed some good relationships. I feel terrible for the people who will no longer have jobs as
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There will likely come a day in your career when you start to wonder if it’s time to move on from your job to something new. In this day and age, the average person stays at their job for three years. For example, at some point or another, you could be passed over for a
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Win the small to conquer the big is a strategy to help you succeed at bigger things in life. By winning the small stuff, you will naturally develop more confidence and more skills to tackle new challenges. I recently experienced one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. I’d rank the feeling right up there with getting into
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