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I am a huge fan of plays and musicals.  And this week, I got to attend the current big-daddy of them all:  Hamilton.  If you don’t know what Hamilton is, it is a genre-bending, Broadway musical with a hip-hop story-line based on Alexander Hamilton’s life.   Alexander Hamilton was one of America’s founding fathers whoRead more

Why are we doing this?  What is this all for?  What is the purpose of saving your money, investing it, and building wealth?  What are you learning all of this for?   I think about my personal answers to these questions all the time.  Collecting more money isn’t enough for me.  Finding answers to “MyRead more

Last week, this blog hit a big milestone:  100,000+ all-time page views which you can see below.     My dream is to be a writer.  I’ve had this dream since I was 22 years old.  I started writing a journal.  And then I started writing short stories.  One of these short stories turned intoRead more

I’m not trying to help “perfect people” with this blog. My dream is to help the underdogs in life become the champions in their own story. One of the biggest pieces of advice I can give an underdog is to embrace the slingshot mentality in their own life story. What is the slingshot mentality? It’sRead more

I read something last week about the process of becoming successful that stopped me in my tracks.  It helped me transform a philosophical idea I’ve struggled to explain into clear, coherent words.  What was the idea?  It was about how to consciously choose a “process-driven” approach, rather than “results driven” approach when you try toRead more

So what is Lifestyle Design?  Why is Lifestyle Design more important than money?   Lifestyle Design is the ability to take the resources you have (money and skills), and transform them into the life your soul craves to live.  Rather than waiting for a random life to form around you based on the spontaneity ofRead more

I received an incredible email last week.  I wanted to re-publish it today, as this is a perfect example of the #1 skill a human being needs to be incredibly successful:   The subject line read, “Coffee,” which I opened.  Then the message read:   “My name is Bruce (fake name) and I am a SeniorRead more

My wife, Amanda, and I got into an argument this week.  In fact, the subject of this argument has been a recurring issue for us since we got married in 2015.  What is the source of this conflict for us?  Surprise:  Communication!  Especially how we give, and receive, constructive criticism between us.   AMANDA’S PERSPECTIVE:Read more

You must take risks to live an extraordinary, deeply-meaningful life.  I am a huge believer that taking the right smart risks can act like a turbo-booster to help you get what you want out of life.  But the risks have to be extremely smart risks.  Dumb risks turn into pain, frustration, and regret.  Smart risksRead more

Don’t be me this weekend.  Why?  Because my frugal, wealth-building ways almost became a victim of my own pride, ego, and arrogance. For a moment, I almost let irresponsible feelings of vanity get the best of me, and I wanted to, as Dave Ramsey so eloquently puts it: “Buy things I don’t need, with moneyRead more