Our ability to give back and help others is immensely connected with our personal foundation. The better our personal selves, the more effective we become at focusing on things outside of ourselves.
When hiring managers spend an average of 6 seconds reviewing each resume, how will yours stand out?
I’m thankful for my mistakes. If I hadn’t made them in my 20s and early 30s, I might be making them now. We don’t learn from winning. We learn by losing.
Hard truths can be tough to swallow, but for many of us, they can also instantly transform our lives. Finding ways to improve our lives isn’t always easy and it often takes brutal honesty; honesty that we’re afraid to admit to ourselves. But, I’ve found that honesty is like a hump. Honesty is the plateau […]
Live a healthy life. It’s something that most of us want, but it eludes way too many of us. We spend a lot of time worrying about things that are outside of our control. As a result, we grow frustrated. We get angry. Maybe even feel sorry for ourselves. It’s a constant battle, isn’t it? […]
I was in the fourth grade. And as kids tend to do, I was in one of those moods. I challenged a kid to a fight after school in the gym. This kid, who’s name was Nick, was supposedly a black belt in Taekwondo — a martial art focused on kicking. Head kicks. Spinning kicks. […]
If you want to be above average, then make decisions that are commensurate with an above average life.
Blogging is deceptively easy. The barrier to entry with blogging is so low that almost anyone can spin up a blog in a matter of a few minutes. Using a service like WordPress or Blogspot, it’s also 100% free, and that’s one of the great things about blogging. That’s also one of the biggest problems, […]
Ever since late in 2014, the ThinkSaveRetire.com blog has been my baby. I launched the site to track my journey toward financial independence and early retirement. At the beginning, I didn’t have any hard and fast goals for it. No pageviews target. No revenue goals. Nothing. I just wanted it to make an impact. Over […]
I am a big believer that even after college, learning never really stops. The more we learn, the better people we become. Today, I sit here as a 38-year old guy who retired at 35, thinking back to my college days and how far that I’ve come. Today, I’m an online entrepreneur who makes my […]