Category: Money

The fact is, anyone can invest like the super rich, whether you're just starting out or have been in the game for a while.

To make the process easier for you, we did two things. One, we only chose classes you can complete in less than 10 weeks (with some that can be completed in an hour). Two, we hand-curated this list to ensure it's only courses that are valuable and interesting. The best part? All of them are free.

So if you’re struggling to find a mentor, remember this: you don’t have to actually know your mentors in order to learn from them. Throw out the traditional mindset of a mentor and think outside the box. Find a person who is an expert in the field in which you want to grow and begin research. I’m confident you’ll find someone you can learn from–evenif they haven’t been around in 500 years.

I recently wrote a foreword for a very interesting book of interviews with successful daytraders that will be coming out shortly.  Among the excellent contributors were @modernrock, @OzarkTrades, @InvestorsLive, @lx21, @offshorehunters, @elkwood66, @kroyrunner89, @DerrickJLeon, @johnwelshtrades, and @TomKellyLV, Although my trading is different from theirs--and theirs is quite different from that of portfolio managers I work with--I notice three broad areas of overlap.  These seem to be common elements of what makes traders successful.

We all want to achieve success in our lives and have a career we can feel proud of, but if you’re wondering why your dream job hasn’t landed in your lap yet, then it’s time to wake up, stop wishing, and start doing. According to Nelson Wang, a few simple behavioral changes could be all you need to launch your career. He’s worked big business, including Cisco and VMware, as well as smaller startups like Box (now a public company) and Optimizely, MTV, a small boutique law firm, and UCLA. Clearly Wang has achieved his fair share of success and seems more than qualified to offer advice. Over the years he has dutifully written a list, and here he shares his top 10 behaviors to create success at work.

After studying over 500 millionaires, including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Charles M. Schwab, journalist and author Napoleon Hill found that they shared a single quality: decisiveness.

Shark Tank’s “Mr. Wonderful” has some harsh, but wise, words for aspiring business owners.

From an entrepreneur who reclaimed control of a business he had lost to a co-founder who triumphantly returned to his company after an unceremonious termination, here are six of the greatest company comebacks in the history of corporate America.

Having an elevator pitch ready is very critical not only for entrepreneurs but also for those looking to take the next step in their career. You never know when will you come across someone who could make a difference in your professional future, that’s why having your perfect elevator written and memorised is so necessary.

The best managers create productive and engaging work environments for team members. That’s why, according to Gallup’s recent State of the American Manager: Analytics and Advice for Leaders report, managers account for 70 percent of the variance in employee engagement. In other words, good managers increase employee engagement, and that makes teams more productive.

When we talk about conversions, we are, most of the time, discussing ways we can be more persuasive, more influential. We’re interested in meeting the needs of customers, fans, and followers and doing so in a way that truly speaks to them. So how can you persuade—i.e., convert—better?

Then there are growth hacks. Growth hacks are clever marketing tricks used by startups in order to get more users (often for free or very little cost). Sometimes they are simple, sometimes they are quite technical – but what they have in common is that they can be highly effective. Here are five of the most famous growth hacks of all time.

Walt Disney, however, left another, arguably even more valuable, recipe for his company. This was a strategic recipe or what I call a corporate theory of sustained growth. This corporate theory is largely captured in the adjacent drawing also from the Disney archives, published in 1957. It depicts a central film asset that in very precise ways infuses value into and is in turn supported by an array of related entertainment assets.

A man driving a truck down the street stops in front of my house and yells, "Mr. Siebold, I took your advice and started my own company. I have five employees working for me and business is booming. My family and I are experiencing freedom like we never thought possible." He continued, "Please share your words of wisdom with others." So moved that this man turned his life around, I'm now going to take his advice and share the takeaways from that conversation six months ago.

If there’s one thing Richard Branson is well-known for its knowing how to market a product or service well. In a recent Trinidad Guardian blog, he shares his advice for getting marketing right…

Dr. Robert Cialdini is the authority on the study of persuasion. His classic book, “Influence” has sold millions of copies and is widely regarded as the go-to text on the subject.

Chris is going to show us a number of methods he's used for dealing with hostage takers, terrorists and other people almost as scary as Comcast. Chris and I specifically discussed how you can lower your cable bill but these concepts will work for most any service provider you're dealing with.

The Art of the Start 2.0 is the quintessential guide for anyone starting anything written by Guy Kawasaki. I had a recent one-on-one interview with Guy to talk about The Art of the Start for My Book Club and got some great takeaways that you can use to help with your business or entrepreneurial success.

Casey Crawford went from playing on a team that won the Super Bowl to running a mortgage company that he expects to originate almost $8 billion in U.S. home loans this year.

Leaders frequently make miscalculations in trying to influence change. Too often, they bet on a single source of influence rather than tap into a diverse arsenal of strategies. Our research shows that the main variable in success or failure is not which sources of influence leaders choose. By far, the more important factor is how many.

I’ve spoken to hundreds of leaders and managers as we’ve started Lighthouse and one common pattern we’ve found is somewhere around 25 employees, everything breaks.  If you’re a particularly skilled founder, you may not see this until almost 40 employees, or if you’re a first timer, some of these challenges could strike as early as 10-15 employees.

Who wouldn’t want to be worth a million dollars? Many of us dream of achieving this goal, more often than not for the sake of the freedom financial stability would bring. So how can we get there? The answers are actually much easier than you might expect. Here are several easy steps to get you into the millionaires’ club. (With a little discipline and the help of some powerful savings vehicles, anyone can hit this mark.)

This man, who shall remain nameless, keeps a very low profile. I happened to run into him and strike up a conversation, which led to another conversation over lunch.

Here are 12 Distinct Daily habits of successful entrepreneur that differentiates them from everyday employee that you find at work.

Make no mistake: Your net worth is affected by self-worth. If you don’t believe you are worth a lot then your bank account balance will reflect that. Here, steps you can take to improve your self-worth, and how it will likely lead to more money — perhaps a lot of it.

Trump's book, first published in 1987, has sold over 1 million copies. In it, he breaks down his approach to deal-making before explaining how he developed his theories throughout his career.

Make the most of your next #networking event with these #tips from @bookgal!

Musicians are some of the best communicators you'll ever meet. Here's what they can teach you about running a powerful team.

Knowledge is not power -- it is only potential power. Power therefore lies in execution.

I started asking each high achiever what their daily habits are that keep them on top. I then averaged their answers out to break it down into these 7 million-dollar habits:

When you’re trying to live a frugal lifestyle and save money, it can seem counterintuitive to buy anything new. Yet, that’s exactly what many money-conscious people do. The difference is, those who have mastered the art of frugality don’t just buy things; they invest in them. And they don’t just invest in “stuff;” they invest in services and tools that actually save them money over time.

I found a lot of growth truisms to be false. We’ve learned a lot. Some lessons were painfully won, which is why I may sound strongly opinionated about them. They also may be slanted towards B2B products, but I wouldn’t discount them if you’re not in that space.

I started with nothing and have been blessed with enough focus, commitment, follow through and the ability to not make excuses that I have done extremely well in my life.

When you go above and beyond for clients, you expect to get paid just as fast. The biggest disappointment for a freelancer or small business owner when those expectations are not shared by the client when the invoice comes due.

Consumers are primed to see ".99," but prices that deviate from that format can affect the way they interpret the cost.

Ok, it'll take some effort, but the Web offers many ways to earn semi-passive income.

After tracking our spending for a few months, we realized that a) our food spending was out of control, b) our entertainment budget was not where it should be, and c) our car payment was eating up far too much of our expendable income. From there, we embarked on a journey to figure out which expenses we wanted to get rid of. Here are five expenses I willingly gave up (and don't miss at all).

To find out what areas of business are easiest to impact quickly, we asked 13 founders from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) to share which simple changes, from cleaning up email subscriptions lists to making the right hires, have led to the highest ROI.

Here are some statistics from my five-year study on the daily habits that separate the wealthy from the poor.

A new software startup called Crystal offers personalized advice. Here’s a look at the results for several Fortune 500 executives.

Many very smart people (e.g., Warren Buffett, Michael Mauboussin) are recommending William Thorndike’s book The Outsiders. Thorndike’s book describes certain attributes/methods of “top performing” CEOs. (page IX)  What does the author mean by a “great” CEO?  In short: “return relative to peers and the market” measured by “compound annual return to shareholders during their tenure.”

There’s no question more fundamental to personal finance than how much money we should save. Our savings rate is the cornerstone of virtually every other decision about money we make. It affects everything from buying a home to saving for emergencies to retirement.

Bevelin has distilled Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmesinto bite-sized principles and key quotes. In fact, this book is much more than a collection of quotes. It is a way to learn the powers of observation, understand the limits of our mind, and counter the narrative fallacy.

The #1 mistake huh?  Yea come on, that’s a pretty big claim Jonathan…

Today, entrepreneurs in business, finance, technology, and healthcare bring truly cutthroat practices into play. There is never a clear-cut good and evil when it comes to business and entrepreneurship, as most are acting in their own self-interest.

Shark Tank's Daymond John Talks Shaving, Money And The Secrets To A Perfect Pitch.

We polled Fortune 500 CEOs to find out what they think about business, reading, and the workplace. Here’s what they said.

Most advice about job interviews is about how to assess a candidate’s skills, if you’re the interviewer, and how to demonstrate your skills if you’re the candidate – so that you will come across as smart and motivated. And there, right out of the gate, we’ve got a problem. Because the most important thing to get across in an interview is not that you are smart and motivated – it’s that you are trustworthy.

When success guru Napoleon Hill interviewed Andrew Carnegie, inquiring as to the secret of his success, Carnegie replied that it could be traced to the “sum total of the minds” of his business associates–his managers, accountants, chemists and so on. He called this combined brain power a “master mind,” and attributed to it the power of his success.