Friday, May 29, 2009

Your first idea...


Your first idea is rarely your best. Don't be afraid to nuke your first idea and run with your second--or third, forth or fifth.

- Jason Calacanis






Thursday, May 28, 2009

The future...


If you plan for a decade, plant trees. If you plan for a century, teach the children.




Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Focus on your work and personal progress...


Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market. Now's the time to build, so turn off CNBC and forget the Dow. It's meaningless to you now. All that matters is your work and your personal progress.

- Jason Calacanis






Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Being content....


To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches. - Cicero




Monday, May 25, 2009

Never blame yourself...


"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?" -- Yogi Berra.




Friday, May 22, 2009

Financial education in high school...


The number of states that require financial education in high school: 3.
Percentage of survey respondents who say financial basics should be taught in high school: 95%.


So why aren't we?


Thursday, May 21, 2009

Attitude...


"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect it's successful outcome." - William James