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"To America – With Profound Gratitude: My Journey to Freedom and Independence" by Reiko McKendry
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Delegating tasks to increase revenues
A few years ago, a coach with whom we were working at that time suggested that we hire a local personal assistant. The objective was to enable us to focus our attention ON our investment business, rather than keeping ourselves … Continue reading
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The best period in human history
As we welcomed the New Year, and as terrorism by Muslim extremists continues to dominate the news, I cannot help but think that those of us baby-boomers were born, grew up, and became adults during one of the best periods … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Cleaning file drawers for the New Year
As small-business owners in America, the best time to get some tedious-but-necessary work done, for which we just don’t have the time during the rest of the year, is between Christmas and the New Year. In recent years, I have … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – My fourth language to freedom
In March 2014, I wrote about my third language to freedom, the language of real estate. This month’s post is a sequel of sorts. My fourth language to freedom is the language of money, rules, and regulations. In … Continue reading
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“For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Part 4 of 4: Reverend Billy Graham, President Truman, and Margaret Covell
Here are Part 1 of 4, Part 2 of 4, and Part 3 of 4 – just in case you would like to review some or all of them before reading this Part 4 of 4. Another December 7th has come and gone. It … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Finally, the nightmare is over
The period of my autobiography concluded on December 31, 2009. That was the day I achieved my initial five-year business goal, as planned, which was to accumulate 24 (or more) buy-and-hold, positive-cash-flow rental units. Life continued thereafter, of course, and … Continue reading
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“For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Part 3 of 4: Was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto as inept as Fuchida perceived him to be? I think not.
Here are Part 1 of 4 and Part 2 of 4 just in case you would like to review one or both of them first. Memorable quotes and my random notes – II of III Notable comments from the book are identified … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Lessons learned from my mistakes
Recently, we hired a couple of coaches to help us get to the next level with our investment businesses. With their support, the objective is to waste as little time as possible in our efforts to regain financial freedom. One … Continue reading
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“For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Part 2 of 4: Lessons from History
Here is Part 1 of 4 just in case you would like to review it first. Memorable quotes and my random notes – I of III All of the notable quotes are identified with quotation marks. My subsequent comments are preceded … Continue reading
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“For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Part 1 of 4: History and Life
This book review is divided into four parts; i.e., four monthly blog posts, ending in December 2014. Part 1 of 4: Summary review Part 2 of 4: Memorable quotes and my random notes – I of III Part 3 of … Continue reading
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