I recently saw a post on Facebook by someone who was upset by the fact that currently, for the first time ever, there are now over 100 billionaires in the UK.

The post went on to state that the person was resentful of these successful people because in the UK there are some people who are struggling to feed their families and who rely on food banks to do so.

In short, what this individual was implying was that the rich and successful people had taken more of their share...

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Productivity is critical in this business, but its so hard with all the distractions. Cell phone, email, messaging, etc.

In high school and college I got good grades but was a famous procrastinator. Sort of learned that if I put the studying off just long enough, I was amazingly productive with the limited time I had remaining.

While I don't recommend that strategy, I did take some keys away from it. Zero distraction, 100% focus, and wow could I knock out a bunch of...

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Woke up this morning with a thought that we all no doubt go through at some point in our lives and unless someone is completely emotionless, it happens more than one time.

Whether we admit it or not, humans are an emotion driven species with everyone being at a different level of how deep their emotions affect their lives. Each individual life has different areas that seem to be the major focus of their lives at a certain...

There is a trait that we all carry somewhere deep down that will save us from defeat if we so choose to use it. This is "persistence."

What is persistence?

Persistence is a firm continuance in a course of action despite difficulty or opposition.

Michael Jordan said it well when he said:

If your trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run...