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Unsophisticated Investor’s Guide to Stock Trading

Are you willing to put some “elbow grease” into building your investment portfolio but need guidance on “next steps”?

If you find the stock market overwhelming but are interested in growing your net worth, then look no further. This event is intended to help you navigate your way without all the fluff.

Why am I doing this seminar?

Four short years ago, I bought my first self-directed stock in…

10 Ways to Motivate Yourself

These are 10 of my most tried methods for self motivation.

The best part?

If you are in need of some self motivation, you don’t need to do all 10. You can just pick and choose which ones resonate with you and try them to see what will work for you.

I didn’t arrive at these 10 lightly. These are all things I have tried over the years, having had to pull myself back up by my bootstraps at times…

We are now in Week four of our 4 weeks to building a better small business series. In the first week of this series, we talked about capturing your assumptions and best guesses about your business idea. We covered some points to cover when capturing this idea. We then talked about taking your ideas for a test drive and testing out your assumptions in the second week. Testing assumptions and…

I knew I had to make time. It hit me even harder the day I tried to fit into my red dress. It was just as lovely as I remembered it the day I first pulled it off the rack and tried it on. It begged to be worn and I finally had the occasion to give it the attention it deserved. I slipped into the dress and realized the zipper was having some hesitation. I was just coming out of the Thanksgiving…

When I was about to graduate with my Bachelors in Business Information Systems, I was faced with a tough decision. The University had arranged interviews with an aeronautics company and pretty much all my classmates who walked into the interview landed the job. The pay was not shabby either, it was actually higher than average with a good package to boot. It was a sweet deal out the door but here…

February is going to be an exciting month for both of us. I will be doing a 4 part series starting Monday on step by step actionable posts to help you build your small business idea or re-evaluate your existing idea. This series will help you with clear steps you can take to get the ball rolling or to re-examine your current plan and make any necessary adjustments.

I’ve noticed recently…

Top 9 lessons learned about Getting back on course

If you are like me and sometimes find yourself with too many things to juggle or feeling that your life is pulling you in one too many directions, you might find useful my top 9 lessons learned about getting back on course.

I typically know it is time to get back to this list when I wake up at the wee hours of the morning, my mind racing with unfinished business and commitments that had fallen…

Finally I get to start my blog. Whew!

I should have done this a while back but that shouldn’t count now should it? Important thing is that I am doing it now.

It is almost midnight and I can’t believe where the time went. My list of todos is long and it seems I barely scraped the surface and yet it is days end. Well it’s about time I retire for the night. There is nothing on television except some…

Happy New Year. Now let’s plan the year

Maybe it’s one of those days. A new year has come and as you look back you recall starting the last year in much the same way; a few goals here and there feeling motivated and determined but somewhere down the road, you lost your mojo and life got in the way. Before you knew it, the year had ended and here you are again with some of those same goals back on the list. This time around, you might…

Getting fit in 2015 has not been easy but I have survived the first 15 days of my 30 day fitness challenge. Whew!

It all started 17 days ago when I got out of bed fed up with myself. Yes totally completely done with the excuses. I had created a great deal of damage over the holidays and my wardrobe was becoming unflattering each day as I indulged my dessert addiction. It also did not help that on…

It’s Not Too Late to still Keep 2014 Resolutions

Resolutions. Remember those? Well let me tell you a little secret … I still have items unchecked on my list. Yes I am guilty. However, I am maintaining the attitude that it’s not too late to still keep 2014 Resolutions.

I am on track on some of my goals for this year however one of my biggest setbacks on my health and fitness. My pain point are the stubborn extra pounds I picked up these past few…

You started something; a venture you have had on your idea shelf for quite some time. You have made a lot of sacrifices to build it – late nights, fun outings with your friends, your hard earned savings and more. You have done this tirelessly but your idea just has not taken off as you thought it would. You had envisioned people running to you, eager and excited but the traffic has been a trickle…

When your plate is maxed to overflowing with Todo’s and endless emails, paper checklists just won’t cut it. I have tried my fair share of Productivity Apps on my iPhone and these 5 are so far my favorite.  Best of all, they are free.

5 Free Productivity Apps

Wunderlist: This is a really nice free app to help you stay organized. You can create Task Categories that can be used as Projects and…