Advanced Life Skills

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With economic hardship on the increase and a growing lack of financial resources, it can be easy to slip into temptation. What kind of temptation?
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There’s a temptation to try and make money as quickly and easily as possible. This is a mentality that can leave you vulnerable to all kinds of schemes. The lure of [...]

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We’re all aware that many people feel that we must be careful when focusing on money or affluence or abundance… that in the pursuit of those things, there is danger. If you pursue money and affluence to the exclusion of other values in life, you have lost, not won.
However, let’s consider this question: If [...]

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Are you happy with your life the way it is?  Overall, can you say you’re truly happy?  If not, do you know why? Could it possibably be because you haven’t made the choice to be happy? 
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When we think of being successful, we imagine that happiness is an inevitable side effect.  We may envision ourselves with [...]

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I sometimes like to think of a world without the concept of money. Imagine, no such thing as money, no word for it and no physical or emotional reference to it.
So many people spend the majority of their time in pursuit of this bazaar invention. Money is a necessary and insidious detour away from everything [...]

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You may have heard the saying “you can achieve whatever the mind can conceive” but do you really believe that it’s true? There is only 1 thing that can stop you from achieving your dreams. It’s YOU… I am talking about the grey matter between your ears. This is what makes or breaks your dreams. [...]

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When you think of success, do you immediately picture monetary wealth, luxury homes, and fancy cars?  Do you think of the respect and prestige you’ll receive when you’ve made your mark on the world?  Or perhaps you imagine the sense of pride you’ll feel when you accomplish your objectives?
 
As great as those benefits can be, [...]

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I mentioned yesterday that I would be addressing the concerns of our readers about financial success as indicated by your response to our self-improvement survey. This post is again part of that response.
You are what you choose to be, financially and otherwise. Just like you are what you eat, it also follows that you become [...]

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Today I wanted to share some of the results we’ve gotten from our self-improvement survey and get your feedback.
The first question in our survey asked, “What areas of your life do you want to improve?”  I thought the results to this question were telling. 
A full 100% of the people who took the survey wanted to [...]

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