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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    On the second option, I would get under $100. It's a benchmark.
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    A message to a friend who's overwhelmed and worried

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    I looked up this thread to see if you had an awakening. Nope, you're still sitting on your pity pot, throwing ashes on your head. Here's my parting thought. Life gives you what you look for. It's the system that underlies everything. What you look for colors everything you see, touch, or feel...
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    A message to a friend who's overwhelmed and worried

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    I moved to downtown Los Angeles when I was 19 to go to college. I lived in Southern CA for 30 years, and I built a great career there. I retired about 25 years ago, but I'm still working about 60 hours per week. I'm not good at being retired. I got bored in no time flat. I'm sorry that you feel...
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    A message to a friend who's overwhelmed and worried

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    We were all poor. My dad had a talent. He bought houses with no heat and no indoor bathroom. He was always going to build a bathroom. And he did after a few years. They got heat in the house after I left home. Before that, we had a fireplace with a hearth. Your back would be hot and your front...
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    A message to a friend who's overwhelmed and worried

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    Bernie Sanders is only telling part of the truth. And, by the way, he's a multi-millionaire. When I left home, 2 days before my 18th birthday and Dad kicked me out, women could not buy a house, have a credit card, or get a loan without a man's signature. The Fair Credit Act came in 1974, giving...
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    A message to a friend who's overwhelmed and worried

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    As a percentage of income, rents are no different now than then. I made 50 cents per hour when I started working at 12 years old. When I was 16 and got a work permit, I made $1.35 per hour. I started with nothing and worked my way out of it over years and years of dog-hard work. But that's just...
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    A message to a friend who's overwhelmed and worried

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    The question is -- what is yours? I had many jobs when I was young that sure weren't fun. I worked 2 and 3 jobs at a time to make ends meet. I still have to do some pretty yucky things in my current businesses. But they go with that type of business. I've worked at least 60 hours per week for...
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    A message to a friend who's overwhelmed and worried

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    It's not a "modern system". Do you have any idea how hard my grandmother worked? She raised her own food and put it up for the winter so they'd have something to eat. In that garden where she raised her food, she plowed it without a horse. She made her own clothes on a treadle sewing machine...
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    The Coming AI Job Apocalypse: Entrepreneurship is Your Answer.

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    Don't they know that their job is to supervise the workers? Why are they needed if there are no workers? I don't know any of them who can fix the robots' breakdowns or physically bring in the supplies for the work that the robots do. No yuh, man!
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Keep trying. You'll get it right.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Make friends. Be a "matchmaker". Bring the different people you meet together to make more and better deals. Over time, you want to be the "go-to" person. It's being the guy they call when they are solving a problem or need something. If you can become that person, you don't have to worry about...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Just become part of their group. You can be a member of several different little groups. Always ask for a review and for referrals.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    I I agree when I'm in the middle of cleaning up a rental. On the other hand, I help a lot of people through my rentals. There's an upside and a downside to everything.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    OUR PROGRESS: Our new project is slowly coming along. We’ve just about finished reconnecting two sections of the far side of the building. The roof and wall are framed out, the roof sheeting is on, and the tar paper over that sheeting is installed. A portion of the existing roof metal on that...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Not this time. We have calves every year. We live in the woods, so we have lots of neighbors with 4 hooves.
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