Work Ethic and The Magic Number 10,000

Keep in mind that work ethic is a vital key to goal achievement. Whatever you do requires a great deal of effort to master. In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell writes about research that shows that it takes 10,000 hours to master something. In that case, you better love what you want to master. It’s a lot of work, but it shouldn’t be too much work.

Million-Dollar Question:
What do you love to do so much, you would do it free, but you do it so well that they will pay you?

(Adapted from Get ALL Fired Up! About Living Your Dreams – Excuse #19)

International Motivational Speaker, Al Duncan, launches new “Fam” page on Facebook.

Al Duncan‘s “Fam” Page on Facebook officially launched today:

“Hey! Thanks for visiting my “Fam” Page. I prefer to call it a “Fam” Page because when I was growing up if you were a friend of the family then you were called aunt, uncle, or cousin—that’s family. So, c’mon in…make yourself at home, fam.”


Here’s a snapshot:

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #343: Your Ego vs. Your Bank Account

If you let it, your ego will kill your bank account.

Recently, I witnessed someone have a major idiotic episode. This young guy, fresh out of grad school, buys a new, fully loaded BMW trying to show off to some woman. I’m sure you can figure out the rest of this story.

Crazy car note. Jacked up credit.

Hiding from the repo man.

No girl.

People do it all the time. “Makin’ it rain, baby”, but they can’t afford to pay the water bill. They allow their bank accounts and credit to be ruined by the clothes, cars, jewelery, gadgets, big houses, etc. that they want to impress other people.

There’s nothing wrong with having nice stuff. I’m just saying…don’t let your ego lead you somewhere that your bank account can’t follow.

Million-Dollar Question:
When it comes to your ego vs. your bank account,
which one wins?

Duncan Nugget® #367: Haterism

I just finished reading this article Why Do People Hate on Young Entrepreneurs? and it reminded me of the following nugget.

Duncan Nugget® #367:
Haterism is an excuse. It gives people a chance to justify their bitterness and mediocrity.

“If I only had this…”

“If only my parents did this…”

“If only my life was like this…”

Garbage.

If you only had no haterism and made no excuses you would be headed towards success. Then you would be on the other side of the fence and…

Somebody would be hating on you.

Think about that.

Million-Dollar Question:
Are you allowing haterism to keep you stuck in mud of mediocrity?

Scholarship pitches not always real – Business – NewsObserver.com

Hey…you gotta watch out for stuff like this.

Scholarship pitches not always real – Business – NewsObserver.com

10 Most Attractive Employers for Young People 2010

Universum, an employer branding company, recently surveyed nearly 130,000 students at top academic institutions around the world and asked the students to chose their ideal companies to work for. The Millennials have spoken. Here are the top ten business and engineering employers:

BUSINESS

1. Google
2. KPMG
3. Ernst & Young
4. PricewaterhouseCoopers
5. Deloitte
6. Procter & Gamble
7. Microsoft
8. The Coca-Cola Company
9. J.P. Morgan
10. Goldman Sachs

ENGINEERING

1. Google
2. Microsoft
3. IBM
4. Sony
5. BMW
6. Intel
7. General Electric
8. Siemens
9. Procter & Gamble
10. Apple

The original lists include the top 100 attractive employers. Yo can read them here.

Duncan Nugget® #360: Your Own Business Equals Free Time?

Somebody just told me he wanted to start his own business so that he could have more free time. HA!!! Boy is he gonna be surprised. LOL. Time is never free and with any business, it takes a few years before you have some to spare.

You make a living from 9 to 5. You make a fortune from 5 to 9.

Think about that…or you might miss it.

Million-Dollar Question:
Do you really think owning your own business equals more free time?