How Much Do You Get Paid?
#Children #MindsetCulturally, asking someone how much they make is like asking them how many bowel movements they make in a day. In some cultures—like Singapore, for…
Break from the crowd or the pile-up
#Lifestyle #MindsetWhen I was a kid, I used to do a lot of bicycle road racing. That was before Lance Armstrong even straddled a bike. He’s…
Gotta love failures
#Mindset #LifestyleLast week a friend of mine, Ursula Pong, a beautiful (inside and out) 50 year old PE teacher at my school asked me to try something…
Thoughts on materialism, money and health
#Lifestyle #MindsetWhen I was a kid, I would have done just about anything to own a Porsche—or at least to drive one. Today, if a friend…
What Do Personal Debts And Cancer Have In Common?
#Lifestyle #MindsetFew people in their prime of life worry about cancer. Eleven months ago, when I was diagnosed with bone cancer, I could count myself as one…
You Want To Be A Good Investor? Learn To Ignore People
#Financial Literacy #MindsetThere are times when effective investors need to flip a small switch that exists in each of our psyches. When flipped, the investor possesses the capacity…
My Worst Day’s Silver Lining
#Lifestyle #MindsetNovember 16th, 2009 wasn’t such a good day for me. I started it off reading a few pages of Andre Agassi’s autobiography, Open. The…
Financial crisis—time to panic?
#Financial Literacy #MindsetThe more things change, the more they stay the same… 1. Investors are fleeing to gold bullion as they lose faith in the stock markets and…
No joke—I think I just cracked a rib running!
#MindsetSmoothly picking up speed, I glided down the running track earlier today, approaching a pace that I figured was equivalent to a 6 minute mile. That…
Can A Jaguar-Driving, High Salaried, Mansion-Dwelling Family Really Be Broke?
#Financial Literacy #MindsetI’m going to share a crazy, personal story with you. Before I read about Thomas Stanley’s studies of the wealthy, I always assumed that…