November 15, 2009

The Zombie Lifestyle

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Most of you reading this are reading this because you care quite a bit about your career. You have been at a steady job for the past 2-3 years. As well, on a personal level some of you may have a steady girl or boyfriend. A few of you may even have a wife and/or children.

Well let's play a little mental game. From your daily routine take the following out of the picture: your significant other, your job and if so your children. Completely. They don't exist anymore, it is just you.
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November 13, 2009

Free Cash Flow

Well, I was looking through my references and found one decent resource. If you do understand the following explanation, great!. I will pull all the information together and provide a case study on a company to open the door on why we are learning all of this. If this all makes no sense still, fear not! I will provide a much more thorough explanation in laymen terms. Especially for those that do not know how to read the balance, income and cash flow sheets.
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Value Investing


I'm a huge proponent of value investing. I think anyone that knows a thing or two about the investment world knows what Value investing is. For those who do not here are a couple quoted definitions.
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November 5, 2009

Painful Truth About Success

Succeeding at anything in life is great. Especially when you set out a goal with a timeline that is reasonable. Where you truly try your hardest. Unfortunately, there is always someone around the corner that won't waste much time to pull you back down. Sometimes you have to deal with them before you even start. They try to discredit you in any way. How do you handle these people? There is hope, there are things you can do.
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For Future Reference

This is my blog. A creative way of expressing everything that comes to life in my mind. I do have an agenda and that is to write everything down for myself. Even for my future kids or for individuals that are just interested in what I have to say. But...
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November 4, 2009

A Take on "Respect"



If you know your history or not, you have been told that Sir Winston Churchill changed the face of the earth. He will forever be known in our history books. And still to this day he is respected.
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November 3, 2009

Body Language: Spotting Non-Verbal Approvals



This is my second post on body language. The title is a little misleading, that's fine. Are We In? What do I mean when I say this? If you are in sales or require someones approval you will want to know when the conversation is going well. On some level you should know when they have closed you, stopped listening or are downright bored by you.
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Understand Everyone Elses Job

The first hard lesson I was taught by my union welding department I oversaw was that I didn't know anything about their jobs. It was true, I didn't.

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Body Language: Triangles and Semi-Circles



A funny name for a title no? Well I'm going to discuss body language for the next couple blog posts. It is a critical component to communication. Actually it's not critical at all once you understand it, like most things in life.
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