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How individual creativity leads to success


Individual creativity leads to success because it allows a person to think outside of the box. Creativity is a way of thinking that creates major problem-solving breakthroughs that would not have been thought of logically. In today’s world, many of our problems have already been logically solved in an efficient manner! Or were they?


Many would attribute Steve Jobs and his company Apple with creating the first touchscreen device in 2007. This is actually untrue, as they just made it mo…

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How to live a life on your terms

“The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once” John Maxwell.

Who doesn’t want to live a life on your terms!  “Do what you want, when you want and with whom you want” by Tony Robbins.    The fact is, however, there are only a few who can actually make it a reality.

Time

Let’s discuss the facts I observe how we spend our time on daily basis.  During weekdays, we spend nearly 80% of our waking hours at a job and getting to and from one, and the r…

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Health is Wealth

“I am confident that nobody… will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and with myself.” Nelson Mandela

My recent ski accident taught me some valuable lessons that I have never thought about.  Our life can be take away in a small accident and cause other important things in our lives to be missed or being put behind in the back seat.   It can cause us to miss what life is truly all about.     In the last few weeks, I missed…

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How to find a good mentor for your real estate investing

The best advice that I got from my father when I was growing up was to find someone who is very good at the skillset that you’re looking for and listen to everything that he or she has to share.  And remember there are only a few that are truly at the ‘master’ level, so choose wisely.     I took this advice into heart and applied it in my life religiously in everything that I do, whether I looked for a cyclist mentor to finish a 200 miles bike ride in a day or to build a thriving mortgage compan…

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Family

Time with Family

In my corporate career and while running my mortgage business, I traded my time for money.  I sacrificed time that belonged to my family and me to my paycheck.  In my mortgage business, I found the more time I put in the business, the more income that I made.  As soon as I stopped working, I stopped generating income.   I closed over $150 million in residential mortgages but worked 12-14 hour days.  I had discovered financial success but wasn’t leading a balanced life.

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