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8 Aug 2010

Great Blog

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I was recently told to check out this blog by Garth Turner who really has his finger on the pulse of the Canadian economy and real estate.  A few other things as well however I try to follow more economy and real estate.  Check out his blog here (http://www.greaterfool.ca) I was checking out his latest [...]

4 Aug 2010

Missing a Paycheque

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Today’s entry was sparked by a conversation Lindsay and I had on the way home from work this afternoon.  She mentioned to me she had an interesting conversation with her boss where he told her he was broke and cannot pay her right away.  Now Lindsay works for three financial advisors (yeah funny how one [...]

27 Jul 2010

Selfless People

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Wow, this story of selflessness is pretty darn cool.  Earlier today one of my coaches and personal sponsor bought a 2010 Dodge RAM Sport for his dad.  They surprised him earlier today with it parked in the garage with a huge bow on it.  They bought it a few days prior and paid cash for [...]

17 Jun 2010

Debt Update

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I think today is a good day to give an update to what we’ve accomplished so far with our debt reduction.  I’ve mentioned earlier that we are very open with our debt and how much we’ve had.  While it’s quite embarrassing what we’ve racked up, we wanted to become an example to people out there [...]

3 Jun 2010

In Limbo

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While I sit here on the deck in London Ontario enjoying the hot humid air, I’m thinking about back home and how we are in limbo.  We’ve sold our downtown condo at a great time as the market is still good (news just said its going to cool off and go down over the next [...]

26 Feb 2010

Profitable Business

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You know I was pretty sceptical when my wife first started this business and thought it was a scam, it wouldn’t work, we’d end up loosing money, all kinds of negative sceptical things.  WOW how I was wrong. As we continue to build our business I’m continually surprised at the personal growth I’ve gone under [...]

16 Feb 2010

Average Canadian Household Debt Reaches $96,000

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WOW! Read this early this morning about how the average Canadian family’s household debt rose to $96,000 last year.  That’s insane!  If this is you then you really need to have a change in attitude and get serious about your debt.  You need to ask yourself are you hanging around with these type of people?  [...]

5 Feb 2010

How We Paid Off $26,500 In Under 3 Months

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It’s been a pretty amazing last 9 days and an awesome awesome start to February which for most is the worst time of year because of the “January Blue’s”.  It’s the time when all the bills from Christmas come in and people just have no idea where to start on how to pay off all these [...]

28 Jan 2010

Debt Milestone

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So as of today we have fully paid off our VISA credit card debt.  Previous posts on my blog will have shown the progress and our goals on what we are setting out to achieve this year and getting out of debt is one of them.  So how much did we actually pay off?  How’s [...]

21 Jan 2010

Inspiring People

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Inspiring people is something I’ve always wanted to do however never thought I could do it.  It wasn’t until yesterday that I found out that I’ve changed someones life possibly for the better.  It has nothing to do with the business yet it has everything to do with it.  I’ll explain that later. Yesterday an [...]