A few years ago, a good friend of mine set a New Year’s resolution of getting in shape. He was planning to hit the gym at least five times a week. On January 1st he went to the gym and worked out hard for two hours. The next day he was extremely sore, but he [...]
It’s so easy to get comfortable in life. We start out all excited about our relationships and careers. We’re willing to work hard to learn about the other person and develop our skills. Fast forward five years. We’re set in our ways. Somewhere along the journey, we stopped learning and growing. How do you fight this [...]
Have you ever had one of those days where you just can’t seem to catch a break? Those days where you feel like you don’t have a purpose and that nothing really matters? These are the days that can really hurt us. We might make a bad spending decision or say something inappropriate at work. [...]
When I was in college, I had one goal: make a lot of money. Then, after I was rich, I could do what I really wanted to do. Throughout high school and college, I kept asking myself that question: what is my reason for being here…and I could never come up with a definite answer. [...]
Happy Halloween! This year, I'd like to scare you all with a terrifying tale about money and mayhem… Several years ago, a former government employee named Alfred Villalobos quietly left his job to start up a new company called Arvco Financial Ventures. This new business focused on helping large investment funds (such as private equity [...]
Several weeks ago I met up with a close friend for coffee. My friend is a hyper-competitive person; she works in the finance industry and puts in a lot of hours every week. We started talking about the concept of time for reflection and immediately got into an argument. My friend claimed that reflecting on [...]
One night back in high school, I was working on a rough draft of a paper. I had been working on this paper for awhile and was sick and tired of hammering away. How much longer did this need to go on? I read it over, thought that it was “good enough,” and headed to [...]
The year was 1979. Phil Jackson was working as an assistant coach for the New Jersey Nets basketball franchise. In one game, the head coach was ejected and Jackson was asked to take over. The Nets were one point ahead going into the final seconds and had possession of the ball. Jackson called a time-out [...]
I got an angry call from my friend last week. He’d been having trouble with his boss for a few months now and in his own words, “just couldn’t deal with it anymore!” He ranted on for several minutes about how his boss wasn’t giving him the responsibility he deserved, was constantly undermining him, and [...]
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week” – George Patton We have always been told to think through our decisions. Now don’t get me wrong, planning is important…to a point. But a perfect plan means nothing if you don’t move fast. There are two reasons why quick action [...]
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