Which Ticket Do You Have?

     I was sitting on the couch at my grandmother-in-law’s house watching TV while she and my wife spoke. She was telling my wife about how she has on a small scale been buying lottery tickets for the last few years (or maybe decades......). With her being 75 years of age and having the notion of “making it big” one day made me wonder. Why does the lottery drive people more than goals?         ...

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The Worst Thing About Ambition

The worst thing about ambition is that we don’t all have it. I come from humble beginnings……… I don’t say that to be dramatic, but to add context to this and to maybe see why I’m wired oddly! My father is a U.S. Army helicopter technician and has done that for the past 40+ years proudly.  My mother works at the base commissary (grocery store) and has for 30+ years.  Both of my parents showed me, taught me, and instilled in me the value...

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This is really a problem….

In 2013 the United States personal savings rate was 4.20%.  That means that a little over 4% of a household’s income is saved over a period of time.  4% The median household income is about $51,017 1  with an average household size of 4.16 people 2……………… That means that about $2,000 is saved a year (yeah right) and that is to be used for retirement, emergencies, hospital bills, and child expenses………… With the new policies...

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Disney Drive

Hello all!  I normally don’t get on a soap box, but I was feeling especially dirty and in need of cleansing............ I was watching some Christmas Disney movies with my son the other day when something struck me.  The spirit of Disney is the entrepreneurial spirit.  Every Disney movie has the you can do it drive.  The impossible is possible notion.  The movie that brought me to this idea depicted Mickey Mouse...

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