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Becoming a Millionaire is Overrated

Conventional thinking:  If I become a millionaire I will be able to live a life of luxury and financial freedom. 
Contrarian thought: A million dollars does not buy you much these days.  Even if you are lucky enough to become part of the 0.13% of the world population who qualify to call themselves millionaires, your life […]

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21Jan2008 | goldfish | 4 comments | Continued
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SMART Goals are Stupid

Common Sense: Goals should be SMART.  The acronym stands for specific, measureable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.  This seems to make perfect sense to most people.  Unless, of course, you are a contrarian goldfish!
Contrarian Thought on Specific Goals 
The idea that you should have specific goals is very nice, except that you cannot predict the future […]

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7Jan2008 | goldfish | 2 comments | Continued
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Multitasking – The Worst Productivity Killer

Common Sense:  If I do a lot of things in parallel I can get a lot more done in a day.  While talking on the phone, I can answer email, do text messaging, and even work on that important presentation at the same time, right?  Not if you are a contrarian goldfish!
Contrarian thought:  Dividing your […]

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1Jan2008 | goldfish | 1 comment | Continued