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The Force Will Awaken in 2016

This has been the worst year of my life. So bad I thought I would die, over and over. But then wonderful things happened. Things that will change me forever.  And nobody really…

This has been the worst year of my life. So bad I thought I would die, over and over. But then wonderful things happened. Things that will change me forever.  And nobody really knew because I practiced my own daily practice throughout. I say this not because I want sympathy. I say it because I’m proud. […]

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I Lived Nowhere and With Nothing For the Past Year – This Is What Happened…

A little over a year ago I threw out almost everything I owned. Since then I’ve been living out of a single bag. And then I took off. I live in random…

A little over a year ago I threw out almost everything I owned. Since then I’ve been living out of a single bag. And then I took off. I live in random places through airbnb or other house or room sharing services. I don’t have a car, I don’t even have a driver’s license. I […]

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My Triumphant Return to the Place Where I Saved the World

I’m going to visit the New York Stock Exchange today as a tourist. Last time I was there I felt like killing myself. Last time I was there was around 2010. I…

I’m going to visit the New York Stock Exchange today as a tourist. Last time I was there I felt like killing myself. Last time I was there was around 2010. I used to live on 15 Broad, right across the street from the Exchange. I moved there because before that I lived in The […]

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The One Skill I Had To Get Better At Quickly

I feel horrible when I’m bad at something. When I started my first business, I was bad at dealing with partners, employees, money, expenses, and negotiation. There’s no way to start a…

I feel horrible when I’m bad at something. When I started my first business, I was bad at dealing with partners, employees, money, expenses, and negotiation. There’s no way to start a business without being bad at those things. People who are good, are good because they spent ten years being bad. Note: You have […]

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Why I Just Bought 14,000 Copies of My Own Book…

When I first wrote “Choose Yourself” I didn’t want to write another BS self-help book that nobody would read. I was telling a story about something bad that happened to me, about…

When I first wrote “Choose Yourself” I didn’t want to write another BS self-help book that nobody would read. I was telling a story about something bad that happened to me, about a time I wanted to kill myself because I thought my daughters would benefit more from my life insurance policy than from having […]

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Do You Make Fear Decisions or Growth Decisions?

I was afraid I was going to lose my biggest client. And my job. So I let him yell at me repeatedly. I met a friend of mine. She said, “My grandma…

I was afraid I was going to lose my biggest client. And my job. So I let him yell at me repeatedly. I met a friend of mine. She said, “My grandma told me there are only two types of decisions: Decisions made out of fear and decisions made out of growth.” For instance, do […]

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Where Do You Put Your Cash After the Fed's Rate Hike?

Weird Suits, Free Money and the True Story About How I Saved the Economy With Chocolate….oh and how I’m investing now. It happened. Again. After seven years of holding short-term interest rates…

Weird Suits, Free Money and the True Story About How I Saved the Economy With Chocolate….oh and how I’m investing now. It happened. Again. After seven years of holding short-term interest rates at roughly 0%, with no hikes for nearly a decade, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank last December officially begun to tighten up its […]

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