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Slam Dunk

I once knew a guy that was a great basketball player. In the years when I first saw him play, he could dunk a basketball with ease. It...

The Thing About Averages

One of the great math lessons we learn at some point in life is how to calculate averages. To get an average you take the sum of multiple...

Bouncing Checks

The moment had come. The crowd of people had gathered around waiting with great anticipation. The intensity was high. For a few weeks my...

Road Trip to Rio

When I was living in Brasil a friend and I decided to drive the coast from Sao Paulo State up to Rio De Janeiro. I am not the greatest...

Homemade Pie

Years and years ago a lady at work offered me a piece of her homemade pie. I had had a busy day at work and was not able to make it to...

Awesome Chaos

One of the most hilarious, challenging and possibly frustrating things I have witnessed, is small children playing soccer for the first...

Lessons from a 5-year Old

I learned one of the secrets to a successful business, career and financial life when I was 5 years old and I never forgot it. As a kid,...

Lost on a Date

When I first started driving; it was before smart phones existed and because I didn’t have enough money to buy a GPS, I printed “MapQuest...

5 Disciplines of Money

Every year, millions of people around the world set “New Years Resolutions” and within four months, it’s like nothing ever happened....

Don’t Bother Dreaming If you can’t execute

Sometimes it is so easy to get stuck living in the dreams of what could be that we forget to execute in the reality of now. I once met...