I had a friend once who bought a house in Torrance, CA with a railroad track literally outside his back fence. The train would come barreling through about 5 or 6 times each night — and for the first few months, he barely slept (but realized why the house was so cheap). But within about […]
Goal Setting
How To Become An Overnight Success
We’ve all heard interviews with people who became an overnight success. Everybody wants to know how they did it. We assume they must be unusually gifted or skilled or smart to have made it happen. But they probably did it by becoming an overnight failure – over and over and over. We assume that we […]
The Difference Between “Simple” and “Easy”
Losing weight is simple. Just eat less calories than you burn. But it’s not easy. It’s simple to quit smoking. Just don’t buy any cigarettes. But it’s not easy. Financial freedom is simple. Just spend less than you make. But it’s not easy. Because things are simple, we think they shouldn’t take any work. Our […]