Live With Gratitude I recently read a quote about Thanksgiving from Erma Bombeck. She said, “Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.” At Thanksgiving, do you take time and appreciate all of the food that’s been prepared or gobble it down so you can rush off
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27 Inspirational Grant Cardone Quotes I accidentally stumbled upon Grant Cardone while doing research for another article regarding passive real estate investing. He actually started his career as a sales trainer and motivational speaker before recently moving into helping others learn and invest in real estate. Here are 27 Inspirational Grant Cardone Quotes: “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to
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Bible Verses About Contentment That Can Make You Rich Growing up, we never wanted for much even though compared to some of my friends, it seemed like we were lacking in the finance department. It wasn’t until junior high and freshman year of high school that I began to realize that many of the people I associated with had some
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I recently ran across a story I’d heard years ago called, “The Parable of The Mexican Fisherman Story.” Here’s the story both in audio and text form: The Mexican Fisherman Story An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were
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Editor’s note: This article was written by Camilo Maldonado who writes at The Finance Twins. The article was originally published on The Money Mix. Learn more about the Money Mix Insiders program. One of the easiest things you can do right away to start improving your financial situation is by cutting expenses. But nothing will propel you forward faster than quickly
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Is there really a difference between rich and wealthy? There is but it seems that most don’t know what that difference is. According to a recent survey, investment firm Charles Schwab asked 1,000 Americans, “How much money would it take for you to feel rich?” Survey says!: 2.4 million For them, being wealthy meant: Spending time with family (62%) Having time to
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My parents are in the baby boomers category (born between 1946 and 1964) which make up over 25% of the U.S. population. This age group was the largest generational group in U.S. history (about 77 million) up until the millennial generation recently surpassed them. They have and continue to have a significant impact on the economy. Here are 11 baby boomers retiring statistics
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Which fast food restaurant is known for their top-notch customer service? If you guessed Chick fil-A, you’d be correct (IMHO). Truett Cathy, founder of Chick fil-A, was one of the world’s wealthiest people at that time of his death in 2014 (age 93) but his story is what makes him so great. “We change the world, and ourselves, by our
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