Why are questions important? When someone asks a question, they are generally curious, or want an answer. For example, when will dinner be ready or what time will the bus arrive? Sometimes questions require more questions or you just think about the answer. Sometimes you use questions to learn information about something or someone or to just ...
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Five Things I Wished I Did Before I Turned Thirty
By the time I turned thirty, I was married, with one child and one on the way, owned a house and had my dream job! So I do not have any regrets. Why am I writing this article? As I become older, I reflect on my life and what if anything I would do differently. ...
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If you won the Lottery, What Would You Do?
Every time I buy a lottery ticket, I play this mental game of what I would do if I won! I allow myself to fantasize for a couple of hours or a day, the few times I bought tickets. Lotteries draw many people, but few win. I don’t think I ever saw a rich person win. The background of many winners is generally hard working people or people with ...
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How to Start a Home Based Business
Are you looking for work? Do you have a skill that people want? Maybe now is the time to start a home based business. In many cases, it requires little or no money. What are you waiting for? What business should you start? Start with what you do well. Maybe you are new college graduate who would be a teacher, except no one is hiring. ...
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Why Teens Fail Financial Literacy Tests?
Teens admit to not knowing much about basic money skills, such as credit, investing and budgets, but what do they do? They are strongly influenced by their parents and friends. Is this positive? How do they spend their money? Do they save? Do they learn how to handle money responsibly? Where do I start? ...
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
Whenever this question comes up, I always hear the same answer. Some say yes and some say no! Before we can discuss that answer, we need a definition for happiness. Happiness is defined as a state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Winning the Lotto could make me very happy! ...
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Smart Phones can Make you Rich
Yes, we are in the information age and now mobile access is a way of life! If the only thing you do on your mobile phone is making and receiving calls and voice mail, you are probably a senior citizen. Haven’t you seen the commercial of the newlyweds depositing their checks using a iPhone? Mobile phones can do a lot; they are the next ...
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Holiday Budgeting
The Holidays will be here before you know it. It is almost like getting ready for a marathon! So prepare just like you are going to do a marathon. Marathons require preparation, practice and strategy. Your preparation is determining how much you will spend and creating your gift list. Retailers use sales and discounts to promote their products ...
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Are you a Traffic Ticket Magnet?
Recently, I read an article in the Los Angeles Times about certain cars that receive more than their share of traffic tickets! They went on to identify the cars such as Mercedes Benz 500SL convertible, Toyota Camry Solara convertible, and Scion TC. The article questions if it is the car or the driver. It is definitely the driver, the person who ...
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How to Find your Passion?
Professional athletes play games for a living! Isn’t that the ultimate career choice? They are well paid, they love what they do and do it well. Not everyone can be a professional athlete however you can perform other careers in professional sports. They need trainers, doctors, managers and much more. So how can you find your dream career? I ...
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