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Failure: The Pathway to Success

February 14, 2011 by Joe Plemon 5 Comments

“Failure and success are polar opposites”. Right?  Isn’t this how most of us think?  Failures, we reason, are painted black while successes are painted white.  They are two diverse paths; paths that will not and cannot intersect.  But we are wrong. Success, I believe, never happens without passing through the path of failure.  Consider:

Filed Under: Career, Life Planning, Self Improvement

Trade the Drudgery of New Year’s Resolutions for the Excitement of Pursuing Your Dreams

January 3, 2011 by Joe Plemon 15 Comments

What are your New Year’s Resolutions this year? A better question is this one: what were they last year? Do you even remember? I realize that many of you are great at making the new year a time to set goals, chart your course, develop a plan and change your life. Good for you. Keep […]

Filed Under: Career, Life Planning, Self Improvement

Should Financial Incentives be Linked to Goals?

December 20, 2010 by Tim 6 Comments

Today, I am proud to introduce my new (and only) staff writer: Tim Fraticelli.  I am sure that  you will appreciate, as I do, how Tim addresses today’s financial issues with clarity and insight, always from a Christian perspective.   Welcome aboard, Tim! Recently I finished Drive by Daniel Pink, a book that attempts to reveal […]

Filed Under: Life Planning, Self Improvement

How Do You Define Wealth? Hope for the Little Guy.

November 1, 2010 by Joe Plemon 22 Comments

Which of these two families would you consider to be wealthy? 1. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bobbins. Charles is a forty one year old fireman. He and his wife, a secretary, have a combined annual income of $55,000 and a net worth of $460,000. Their low consumption lifestyle would enable them to sustain themselves for […]

Filed Under: Dollars and Sense, Life Planning, Retirement

Financial Lessons From Yesteryear’s Entrepreneurs: JC Penney

October 11, 2010 by Joe Plemon 8 Comments

This post is the first of series I plan to write on the financial principles that made yesteryear’s entrepreneurs so successful. Hopefully, we can incorporate these lessons into our lives today and emulate their successes.   Our first entrepreneur is James Cash “JC” Penney.

Filed Under: Life Planning, Self Improvement

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