8 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve your Finances

“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.” — Benjamin Franklin How to Improve your Finances Money might not be the most important thing in life, but it most certainly makes the world go round. And, although it’s not the be-all and end-all for happiness, it’s something that most people closely tie to their overall quality …

How Keystone Habits Can Improve your Life

“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” — Brian Tracy What are Keystone Habits? Keystone is a term used widely to define the significance of one piece or component in a system of parts. It pre-dates to the Mesopotamians who used a single solitary stone – later termed a keystone – to lock other stones in an arch. Although the arch …

7 Habits to Help Get You Through the Tough Times

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” — Michael Jordan 7 Important “Failure Habits” We all face rough patches in life. We fail, hit roadblocks, and suffer setbacks and defeats. Life likes to throw us curveballs that way. If you’re like me, then you’ve suffered your fair share of failures. But there are …

How to Harness the Pareto Principle

“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation, there is sure to be failure.”  — Confucius Understanding the Pareto Principle The Pareto Principle – also known as the 80/20 rule and the law of the vital few – states that 80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. The principle was named after Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist who …

How to Ignore Negativity And Achieve Your Goals

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”   — Mahatma Gandhi Learning To Ignore Negativity Negative people have always existed and they will always exist. There’s nothing I nor you can do to change that. But we can learn to cancel the noise, so to speak. We can learn to drown out …