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WARNING: Opportunity Alert

Right now, we are witnessing a stock market meltdown the likes of which have never been seen before. There are individual companies losing literally tens of billions of dollars a day. The last time that happened was never. Credit is tightening and the cost is going up. Venture capital funding for new projects has almost disappeared. Inflation is heating up. Cryptocurrency, which in theory should have served as a refuge from fiat currency fluctuations, did nothing of the sort.

“Friday Filosophy” 6/03/2022 (Information Overload)

It wasn’t that long ago when the surest gateway to live a prosperous life was access to more and better information. Information was mostly a luxury reserved for only the privileged and wealthy. You can make the argument that the progression of humanity has directly correlated to the ability and ease to acquire more information.

“Friday Filosophy” 5/27/2022 (Learning How to Think)

It’s simply shocking and unconscionable how poorly the education system prepares young people for the real world. Not just that, but missing out on the single most important skill and school should teach: How to think.

The Prosperity Rite of Passage

It’s no sin to be born poor. However, it’s certainly a sin to stay poor. This isn’t said to be smug or judgmental, but to reflect one of the most insidious aspects of both poverty and poverty consciousness: How your current situation can perpetuate a similar outcome in the future.

Be Weird…

You must be comfortable with yourself enough that you don’t need approval from the herd. You’ll notice many commonalities among the people who are toxic and dangerous for you. Alcoholics always want you to drink with them. Druggies want you to drug with them. Professional victims want you to wallow in misery with them.

“Friday Filosophy” 5/13/2022 (Overcoming Negative Thoughts)

What do you do, when you realize that most of your thoughts are negative? First, you work on starting to catch them. Meaning that you notice when you have a lack-centered or fear-based thought. This is much harder than it sounds. Because you’ve been conditioned to think you are your thoughts, as opposed to the thinker of your thoughts.

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