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The Secret To Becoming Wealthy Starts With Your Career

April 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

As young people, we are typically searching for a 101 ways to strike it rich. We fantasize about that one great idea or great opportunity that will make us wealthy. But, once you step down from cloud 9, you’ll soon realize that your career is your number one wealth building tool that you […]

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Tags: Random · Education · Career Development · Career Transitions

Two Things College Never Taught You

March 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Maybe you went to some special college that actually cared about how you functioned in society, but I attended the University of Florida, where they are more concerned about putting up more buildings and increasing their pushing you out of the graduation door as fast as possible. I love UF, and I hate talking […]

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How To Know What You Are Worth

February 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I thought that it would be good to explain my tagline, “Earn What Your Are Worth”. I don’t think that people in America value themselves as much as they should. You are valuable to an employer, as much as they may treat you like a number or just another disposable asset, but the […]

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Tags: Education · Career Development · Job Search · Salary

Self Education Is The Key to Being Successful At Your Career

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

I just read a great article from John at Pick The Brain, called how to set up your personal university.
I am a firm believer that your education must not stop after your graduate high school or college. The chances of you going into the career that corresponds with your bachelor’s degree are […]

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Tags: Education · Career Development · Books

A Degree is Worthless, An Education is Priceless

October 16th, 2007 · No Comments

My generation has fallen into a huge trap when it comes to our philosophy about higher learning. We have created a society of young people whom think that having a college degree will automatically make them successful in the marketplace. Young people will spend anything and everything to get a so-called “prestigious” degree, […]

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The Millennial Generation Faces More Stress and More Cost for Education and Living

October 14th, 2007 · No Comments

There have been numerous newspaper and magazine articles lately about Generation Next and the things they face and will face as they enter college and the working environment. I am intrigued by this generation because I am a part of the last half of it. We are deemed as the technology generation, the […]

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