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Planning for retirement is an important part of our lives. We all know the statistics: we’re living longer and have more income needs for retirement years that are extended beyond the previous generation.
There are many resources and strategies for how best to accomplish our life goals. A recent Washington Post article shares some statistics that [...]

I was just glancing at my baseball wall calendar and noticed that today is the 100th anniversary of baseball great Satchel Paige’s birth. A quick Google search tells me that Leroy "Satchel" Paige was born in Mobile, Alabama on July 7, 1906.
He’s the oldest player ever to be a rookie in the major leagues at [...]

Let Freedom Ring! As Americans we are wired for freedom. Unlike any other country, we were founded on the solid principles that flow from the virtue that freedom brings.
When Jeff & Rich Sloan are in front of live audiences throughout the country, they regularly kick off their presentation with a reminder of how special America [...]

• Confidence
• Boldness
• Strut

These are contagious qualities. Your customers will pick up on it. Your team will rise to it. Your competition will notice it. When you start acting like you belong, you do belong.
One of the ways that entrepreneurs can gather this confident bold strut is to practice and hang out with others who are starting & [...]

My bride-to-be Suzanne coined a phrase at a congratulatory dinner we were having last evening at our favorite Italian restaurant “joint”. She called herself a scissor-runner.
There’s no question about it. She’s bright, intelligent, beautiful and does not like rules. It’s not that she especially wants to make her own rules, she just doesn’t like following [...]

I am a subscriber to 5 podcasts:
• StartupNation Radio
• Entrepreneurial Tips with the Sloan Brothers
• Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code
• The President’s Weekly Radio Address
• Roots Rock Radio
You’re surely familiar with StartupNation, the Sloan Brothers, Adam Curry if you’re a podcast listener, and the President. But what’s the deal with Roots Rock Radio?
Richard Taylor loves a special brand of music [...]

As you spring along in the growth of your business, what is the most important quality you possess that will make you successful? I have been reading some opinions on this subject, and hope you will weigh in with your experience.
Can entrepreneurship be taught? or is the magic part of the fabric of your [...]

Good heavans, its been awhile since I blogged. Midterms were two weeks ago, along with a push to launch some new backend stuff at my businesses, then I took a much-needed spring break.
In any case, while on vacation, I was contemplating what it takes to be the leader of a startup.
1. Visionary: the leader [...]

I generally dislike forwarded messages, especially the ones that tell me to forward them immediately to ten people or else I’ll probably go to Hell. If I dislike them, my husband despises them. So I was very surprised when he forwarded this one to me. I’m sharing it with you because it [...]

It’s a typical Monday morning in my world. I’ve been an entrepreneur for 21 years and I’ve found that Mondays are the most critical day of the week for me. Monday morning is when I set the course for the entire week, deciding what the priorities of the week should be and then checking myself [...]