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Real Estate Words You Should Know

Flipping Real Estate One way to create wealth through real estate investing is by purchasing properties at a discounted price and then reselling them at a higher price after making improvements or waiting for market conditions to improve. This strategy, known as...

Quotes from Atomic Habits

"Atomic Habits" is a bestselling book on personal development and habit formation written by James Clear. The book presents a framework for understanding and changing habits, and offers practical strategies for building good habits and breaking bad ones. Some of the...

Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Rich Dad Poor Dad" is a bestselling personal finance book written by Robert T. Kiyosaki. The book uses the contrasting experiences of Kiyosaki's two "dads" - his biological father, who was highly educated but financially struggling, and his best friend's father, who...

The Richest Man in Babylon

"The Richest Man in Babylon" is a classic book on personal finance and wealth-building written by George S. Clason. The book is a collection of parables set in the ancient city of Babylon, and uses fictional characters and stories to illustrate important principles of...

Recession-Proof Graduate by Charlie Hoehn

Book Review: Recession-Proof Graduate by Charlie Hoehn is a good book to read right after graduation—although, the author argues that college isn’t that good of an investment in the first place in one section of the book. Basically, this is Charlie Hoehn’s...

Do The Work by Steven Pressfield

Whereas The War of Art deals with the real enemy of work and creativity (i.e. Resistance), Do The Work by Steven Pressfield takes you through a step-by-step blueprint for how to defeat that Resistance and actually accomplish the work. The book has a very simple...

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield is the go-to book for getting yourself to work on the things you want to get done. Steven Pressfield starts the book by defining the enemy. His thesis is that every single human being struggles with self-sabotage, and the...

Gateless by Sebastian Marshall & Kai Zau

Book Review Gateless by Sebastian Marshall and Kai Zau is sort of a self-development book. But unlike most books of that genre, this one is actually really interesting and very practical. The authors came up with a simple yet brilliant framework to help you...

The Art of Reading by Farnam Street

Course Review: The Art of Reading by Farnam Street is a step-by-step system for reading and fully absorbing books (although, you can use it for anything you’re studying) in an efficient manner. The course starts by helping you find and decide on what books you should...

Work, Work, Work And Prosper  (chapter 1)

Work, Work, Work And Prosper (chapter 1)

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: I can still hear the high-pitched yell coming from Grandma Louis “You D#@% kids you better get back to work.” It was pelting season and that meant my cousins and I would work for a couple of weeks during the month of...

Favorite Quote

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back — concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:

that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.“