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Minimum Wage is NOT Enough to Live On – What you can do about it
If you want a career on the Fryolater- I’m not here to judge. What I am saying is that the job of fry cook was never intended to be a career position. If you want to make more than minimum; you’ve got...
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SPECIAL POST: Stand Up! A Black Belt Response to Youth Violence
Every day- a new viral video featuring teens and pre-teens engaged in horrific acts of assault while others do nothing. Kids use their state-of-art smartphones not to call the cops, but to record video...
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Want to Make More? Don’t Have a Minimum Wage Attitude
Want to earn more? Make Excellence the foundation of everything you do… …from mopping the floor to running the company. Want to continue to earn more? Embrace the process of continual Self-Improvement…...
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Answering Life’s Big Questions Like a BLACK BELT: Goals…
“I’m great at setting big goals, but I just can’t see them through. What do I do?” Set smaller goals. See you Wednesday! Seriously- I could end this post right there. The problem with most big goals...
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Answering Life’s Big Questions Like a BLACK BELT: Discipline…
“I know all about Discipline, but what do you say to someone who really just can’t get started?” Oh for God’s sake- this is one of the most annoying questions I get. I get very impatient with people...
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Answering Life’s Big Questions Like a BLACK BELT: Helping others…
“I know someone who really needs some help, but no matter how hard I try, they’re just not receptive. How do you help someone who needs help, but doesn’t want it?” You can’t. This is one of the...
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SPECIAL POST: KNOCK IT OFF – We know what causes kids to kill and we know how...
Bored teens kill young athlete for fun? Parents say they’re not killers? “They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said: ‘There’s our target,’” (Duncan, OK., Police Chief Denny) Ford said (via the...
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SPECIAL POST: KNOCK IT OFF – The family of Christopher Lane’s killer speaks...
You couldn’t possibly make this crap up. Listen to the reaction of the father and the sister of accused murderer James Edwards… “He doesn’t really understand it at all. He really doesn’t understand how...
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Celebrating Work Part 1
Today is Labor Day. If you don’t have to work today, you’re no doubt enjoying yourself, so I won’t take up too much of your hard-earned leisure time. On Wednesday and Friday I’ll talk about work and...
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Celebrating Work Part 2 – Own Your Job
We’re back from another Labor Day weekend. We’ve celebrated the American worker with the Labor Day holiday since 1882. A lot has changed in that time… …especially the attitude of the American worker....
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Celebrating Work Part 3 – Be Your Own Master
“If you don’t want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won’t have to work.” ~Ogden Nash Why do you work? Last week a report was issued by the U.S. government showing that for the...
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Book Review: Are you ready to Grow a Pair?
Lazy, complacent and apathetic people make me sick…physically sick. They’re contagious. Complacency, sloth and apathy are infectious diseases and they’re destroying our society. Larry Winget has the...
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Where in Your Life Are You Disciplined…and Why?
I sometimes disappoint people with the simplicity of the Black Belt Mindset philosophy. I can live with that. It is simple… …not easy. Our culture is hooked on complexity. That’s a damn shame. The best...
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What if I told you I have access to the Secret Code for Success?
What if I told you I have access to a secret code- contained in just two words that would unlock the secrets that give you unlimited access to the success and wealth you’ve only dreamed of…until now?...
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Dead People Speak to Me! Lessons from mentors long since passed: Part 1 – Ben...
Dead people speak to me. No- I’m not going on some psychic fraud kick here…I really mean that some of my most valuable mentors are… …dead. And they still talk to me. This week I picked three of my...
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Dead People Speak to Me! Lessons from mentors long since passed: Part 2 –...
I constantly rip the so-called “Law of Attraction,” much to the offense and chagrin of many of my closest friends! I felt I owed an explanation- and my defense comes from the person most credited with...
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Dead People Speak to Me! Lessons from mentors long since passed: Part 3 –...
The last of my favorite dead mentors I’ll share with you this week is one you may never have heard of- Taisen Deshimaru. “Think with your whole body.” I “met” Master Deshimaru through two books, The...
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Year End Review Step 1- What did YOU do this year to make yourself- and next...
This exercise is NOT optional! Did you accomplish everything you wanted to in 2013? Or, do you have some unfinished- or un-started business that you need to carry over to the New Year? Take some time...
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Year End Review Step 2- It’s Thanksgiving, Baby! So what is there to be...
If you know my writing, you know I’m not the lollipops and puppy dogs guy. My message is… Life is tough- but you’re tougher. This is not one of those mushy holiday “attitude of gratitude” platitudes....
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Year End Review Step 3 – New Year Power
If you missed any of this week’s posts, you’ll need them to complete today’s work. Click here for Step 1 Click here for Step 2 Power is: “Your ability or capacity to act or perform effectively.” You...
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