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Sit-Out Power: The Secret of Champion Traders
I admit that I’m a fair weather blogger. When the Stock Market is rocking the ideas roll on my pages effortlessly, however when the market is “slapping me around” there are always other things to do. Typically fair weather fans or fair weather anything aren’t held in high-esteem. You are either with us or against [...]
My Elevator Ride with Steve Jobs
Over the past few days I have watched hours of tributes, read countless articles and witnessed my Twitter stream overflowing with emotions on the passing of Steve Jobs. On the night we learned his fate, 9 out of every 10 tweets I received were in reference to him. It’s amazing how many lives he has [...]
Where Mobile, Social and the Cloud Meet
In the mid-90s, I worked for a company that sold software to many of the companies in the midst of the desktop internet revolution. As I would leave the sales calls, I would call my broker to buy stock in those very same companies. Unbeknownst to me at the time I was laying the groundwork [...]
5 Years Later and Still Trading Full-Time
Last Thursday, 3/31/11, marked 5 years since I walked away from sales conferences in Hawaii, drinks on the 19th hole with customers and a big fat paycheck to trade full-time on my own account. My first thought is WOW! How have I survived countless unforeseen expenses? How did I survive the Great Recession? How have my wife [...]
An Entrepreneur’s Story: When to Quit Your JOB
The following is my response to comment from a friend – who asked the question It would prove an interesting story on your thought process over the years to finally waking up one day and deciding to quit. Obviously that’s overly dramatic as no one should quit a job without an idea or better yet [...]
Forest Whitaker Reminded Me of a Key to Success: A Burning Desire
We all know many people who “talk the talk” and a few that “walk the walk,” but what is it that the separates these two groups of people. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. When I left my job almost a year ago to pursue my dreams as an entrepreneur, trader, financial freedom [...]
