![]() If you are lucky enough to still have an original copy of my audio newsletter I hear they go for a pretty penny on eBay. My tax practice had grown too large to do both. After three years it was time to hang up my cleats. I wrote, edited and produced the whole kit and caboodle. Six times a year you would receive a wonderful (it’s my story so I’ll tell it the way I want) cassette tape with 90 minutes of financial advice from me along with a printed newsletter with information on which banks had the best investment rates nationally and other important financial articles. In the late 1980s, shortly after I went full-time in taxes, I started a financial audio newsletter called The Wealth Builder’s Guide. What I’m saying is that I didn’t exit the womb with pen and paper ready. I always focused on learning from each experience and moving on to the next level. A few still float around the office, but most rejects had no value to me. I sent out a lot of stories, and-being an optimist-never kept the stack of rejects. My second novel and two (or possibly three) nonfiction books also exist in a format I have no way of accessing anymore. I still have 5 ¼ inch floppy disks floating around someplace with short stories on them. Yeah, that was one awesome OS! I think it was DOS 1.0. That bugger set me back $4,000 and it didn’t even have a hard drive! You had to insert a 5 ¼ inch floppy disk and twist a lever down to lock the disk in place before turning on the computer for it to boot. It was never published, but it gave me experience telling a story, building a world, creating characters.Īfter I graduated I bought a Tandy computer at Radio Shack. I wrote my first complete novel my senior year (or was I a junior) of high school. He kept pulling himself up by the bootstraps and eventually produced a working incandescent light bulb on try 1,001 (or something like that).Ĭloser to home we have an unnamed accountant who likes to write. We all know the story of Edison and the light bulb. The mark of a true winner is focus on the single goal (or few complimentary goals). The other interests may live as hobbies or may go unsatisfied. This requires I find the most important interests so I can focus on the ones that matter most. (Surprise, surprise!) My interests are catholic (little c). Self-talk will drive you forward or into the ground. These short catchphrases can be used by your own mind as a way to stop striving for your goals. “It’s the journey, not the destination.” Another true adage. ![]() “Winning isn’t everything it’s how you play the game.” True. Regardless, the only way you can get from where you are to where you want to be is find the motivation deep inside your soul. Life is a never-ending series of groin kicks. After the basics are covered money is either a game, and for some even an annoyance, since it distracts them from what they are really interested in. Life isn’t just about money! (Sounds crazy coming from a wealthy accountant, right?) Money is important when in need of life necessities like food, clothing, shelter and medical care. I loved the title, but it didn’t encompass the entire theme I wanted to present. The original working title of this post was If You’re Rich You Don’t Quit. ![]()
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