Dave Ramsey is one of the best at just providing practical wisdom for a better life. Here, he outline five steps you can take to obtain a better life, check it out!
It’s no secret that we Americans love our TV time. Nielsenwire says that on average, we spent nearly five hours a day watching TV during the 2008–2009 season. That pushes the trend up 10% over 10 years ago
If you’ve decided you don’t want to be normal, reducing your TV time is a healthy way to be weird. Here are just a few things you can do besides watch TV.
Review Your Financial Situation
An AARP poll found that 28% of Americans spent more time watching reality TV in a month than they spent planning and preparing for retirement over the past 10 years. Does that sound responsible to you? We’re not saying you should bury your nose in your financial statements 24/7, but you should know where you stand, what your financial goals are, and what your plan is to reach those goals. Dave’s team can put you in touch with professionals in your area who will help you address all your financial planning needs—from taxes to insurance and investing.
Read a Book
Motivational speaker Charlie “Tremendous” Jones said, “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” If you’re not a regular book reader, just take a leap of faith on this—even if you think you’ll never enjoy reading. You’ll benefit from the information you read, and the actual act of reading sparks your brain in ways TV never can. What should you read? Consider one of Dave’s books or check out some books he recommends.
Here an idea that could very well put the power back in the people’s hands. In a write up by Huffington Post it was discussed that the people should really consider taking back power from the financial system by removing their money from the big banks to the smaller local banks. Check it Out:
The idea is simple: If enough people who have money in one of the big four banks move it into smaller, more local, more traditional community banks, then collectively we, the people, will have taken a big step toward re-rigging the financial system so it becomes again the productive, stable engine for growth it’s meant to be. It’s neither Left nor Right — it’s populism at its best. Consider it a withdrawal tax on the big banks for the negative service they provide by consistently ignoring the public interest. It’s time for Americans to move their money out of these reckless behemoths. And you don’t have to worry, there is zero risk: deposit insurance is just as good at small banks — and unlike the big banks they don’t provide the toxic dividend of derivatives trading in a heads-they-win, tails-we-lose fashion.
Yo Jay has come a long way its a full circle experience, to grow up in Marcy projects and now be a part owner in a professional NBA team and have the stadium down the street from those projects is beyond a dream. So props to just for sticking to the grind and inspiring young business minds.
A wise man once told me if you want to be successful you should model someone who is already successful. With that being said I thought it would be a good idea to post the most productive CEOs in America according to Inc; check it out!
In a country whose citizens work longer and get more done than those anywhere else, no one is more productive than entrepreneurs. They have unparalleled freedom to work the way they want, and many create truly personal productivity systems to lash their to-do (and do and do and do) lists into submission. Like the companies themselves, those systems reflect the CEOs’ values, goals, and leadership styles. To get a look inside the minds of the superefficient, Inc. interviewed successful entrepreneurs in various industries around the country.
The Chief Recruiter: Kevin P. Ryan, AlleyCorp: Ryan’s encore to DoubleClick—the ad-serving behemoth he sold for $1.1 billion to private equity firm Hellman&Friedman in 2005—is AlleyCorp, a variety pack of Internet start-ups he founded in New York City.
The Engager: Seth Priebatsch, SCVNGR: CEO of SCVNGR, a Boston-based start-up that helps organizations engage people through location-based smartphone games.
The Space Maker: Scott Lang of Silver Spring Networks: CEO of Silver Spring Networks, a developer of smart energy grids, based in Redwood City, California.
The Alphebetizer: Barbara Corcoran, Barbara Corcoran Inc.: Corcoran made her mark building one of New York’s largest real estate companies. Today, she is a panelist on the ABC program Shark Tank and runs a much smaller firm that works with the start-ups she chooses to invest in on that show.
The Gracious Host: Danny Meyer, Union Square Hospitality Group: CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, which owns 13 New York city restaurants, including Gramercy Tavern and Eleven Madison Park.
The Modern Homemaker: Rocio Romer: Rocio Romero founded her namesake firm which manufactures prefab modern homes.
One of basketball’s most profound coaches John Wooden takes out some of his time to inspire others. With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom.
You know I could never figure out what this tattoo on the side of Baby head represented until today. Well according to sources the tatto is Bronald and it stands for the Williams brothers Oil and Gas company.
Recently the CEO’s of the expanding music empire, CEOs Bryan “Baby” and Ronald “Slim” Williams are venturing into one of the most lucrative business in the world, Gas and Oil. The name Bronald Oil & Gas is a combination of the William brother’s first name Bryan and Ronald. With the development of Bronald Oil, an sovereign company centered on identifying and providing gas and oil, Baby and Slim are showing the world that this music inspired corporation is should never be underestimated.
Not wasting any time Bronald Oil & Gas will be using numerous American sites to build up oil and gas outlets such as Louisiana, Osage County, Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida. However while these are major sources of oil and gas they are not the only ones. American based oil companies often profit from sites outside of the states and Bronald Oil & Gas is doing just that by using those yet to be unidentified in Central America.
The Instant Icon is fit for a king. This yacht is definitely for those who can appriciate elegance and living life to the fullest. Seeing creations such as these and knowing that they are attainable for me to experience only motivates me to strive for heaven’s best.
People lets get up, get out and get something!
The Dutch reputation for building impressive superyachts lives on the 62-meter Icon, which was unveiled to the public in September at the Monaco Yacht Show. The sleek dark-hulled 203-foot motoryacht, with its white, tiered superstructure, was quite an impressive debut for the Netherlands-based Icon, which launched itself only three years ago.
British yacht design firm Redman Whiteley Dixon worked on the exterior, which the owner mandated to be a “simple, young boat” as well as a portrait of quality. The exterior was kept free of superfluous details, and every possible effort was made to make it look ultrasmooth. Items like retractable navigation lights and flush life rafts add to the impression of a simple, flawless hull form. The owners are also water-sports enthusiasts, and requested a dive club and gym at the transom, allowing a clear ocean view and instant access to the water. The “beach club” room is composed of a simple, light-colored wood, a stainless-steel wall, and off-white lounges. The owners also wanted private access to their suite, so a set of separate stairs connects to their room with a 180-degree view of the water, as well as its own outer patio. When the owner’s salon doors are open, there is a straight-line view from the aft deck of the yacht all the way to the forward windows. The price was undisclosed but if you got deep pockets and want to check on it you can call 011.31.517.494600 or log on to www.iconyachts.eu. More
Aaron Patzer launched Mint.com as a user-friendly alternative to Quicken and other personal-finance software out there. Little did he know that just two years later, Intuit, which makes Quicken, would fork over $170 million for his website. So how’d he do it?
Step 1: Create a product that makes a difficult, tedious task easy and fun
“What set us apart from 95 percent of other start-ups is that we served a real need,” Patzer says. “Personal finance is so complex and too difficult for most people. I was frustrated with the existing tools and found out that others were frustrated as well.”
Step 2: Choose a market that’s really, really big.
“There are 250 million people worldwide who already use online banking,” Patzer says. “With our 1.5 million users, we’ve barely scratched the surface. Intuit made a billion dollars on its tax business alone and that’s a once-a-year thing. People do online banking every day.
Alexis Diaz has always been a natural born Actress. From the start of a young age she had participated in plays and competed in talent shows. Always driven she had attended Temple university in Philadelphia, where she received her Bachelors of Arts Degree in theater.MORE
Dave Ramsey is one of the best at just providing practical wisdom for a better life. Here, he outline five steps you can take to obtain a better life, check it out!
