“The trouble is you think you have time.” –Jack Kornfield On my 18th birthday, I walked in on my father sleeping with another woman. It was mind-bending. Tragic. Traumatic. And all things senseless and bad wrapped into one. My life veered off on a sharp tangent that day and I was forever broken. It’s something I still carry with me. …
“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t …
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein Supply and demand. Those two words govern any market’s forces. When supply dries up, demand increases. This is also known as the Law of Scarcity. When there’s a rush to scoop up a limited number of some thing (any thing), demand (and therefore prices) shoot through the roof. But …
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.” — Oscar Wilde I will never forget this feeling until the day I die. They say that you should trust the journey in life, but on this particular day in 2011, my life had crumbled apart. I was on an airplane heading to Madrid and I had literally just lost everything. My …
“The starting point of all achievement is desire.” — Napoleon Hill Recently, I’ve come to a very powerful realization. It transmuted into my life over time. It evolved and grew from a little seedling, into something real and concrete. Today, it’s set in stone. But this was no easy epiphany to reach. I struggled to come to grips with certain …