We know that fear and greed are major motivators of human behaviours. Certainly these attributes have been applied over and over to how investors respond in the marketplace.
Aside from these more dramatic conscious states, what helps to being motivated in general? (more…)
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On Resolving:
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.
On Skills & Fundamentals:
Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals. (more…)
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On Government & Politics:
It can be dangerous to weaken the strong in our attempts to strengthen the weak.
The real genius to make a marketplace flourish doesn’t come from the government. It comes from the individual genius of its people. (more…)
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The August issue of Toastmaster magazine features an article written by a woman whose profession involves developing “the voice of experts who want to broaden their impact”. In the article she speaks about the marketing tool known as ‘The Elevator Speech’. (more…)
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This morning, in the middle of a summer holiday weekend, Canada’s Prime Minister officially launched the Federal Election Campaign for the vote October 19th – why so early?
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On Time:
You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to an hour.
Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you can’t get more time. (more…)
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On Success:
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become.
If you care at all, you’ll get some results. If you care enough, you’ll get incredible results. (more…)
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Our local CTV affiliate in Ottawa continues to post some of the most meaningless, inane questions on newscasts for viewers to vote on. Apparently, the less significant or black-and-white the issue, the greater its chance of being asked in a simplistic daily survey. (more…)
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On activity:
The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
Make rest a necessity, not an objective. Only rest long enough to gather strength. (more…)
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the watch of time
Memorable Quotes # 30
On Choices & Change:
It is our philosophical set of the sail that determines the course of our lives. To change our current direction, we have to change our philosophy, not our circumstances.
We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation. (more…)
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