Just looking at them from a financial and business perspective, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerburg, and Bill Gates all seemed to have done okay in life. They all have built successful companies, made gazillions of dollars, and positioned their businesses as leaders in their field. They also all dropped out of college. Now I’m not saying if you want to be ultra successful, just drop out of school and start a tech company. But the fact is the value of a bachelors degree isn’t worth near what it was 50 years ago. Continue Reading…
I’m in a book club right now with about 30 real estate agents and we’re going through a book written by Gary Keller several years ago called “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent.” This book wasn’t on my agenda at the beginning of the year but I thought this would be a good opportunity to re-discover some of the successful models and plans from real estate and be able to move them over into other parts of my business. As we were discussing the book yesterday someone brought up a quote from Jim Rohn that I haven’t heard in a while. Continue Reading…
I like to involve and engage my son in conversations about the different things we do when we’re together. As we were getting everything ready for the book launch and getting this new portion of our business set up we went to best buy to pickup a few Square card readers. I know what you’re thinking.. a guy that tells people not to use credit cards will accept credit cards if you’re using them to buy his book. What a sellout! Continue Reading…
Sometimes it’s difficult to tell if your family likes you because they actually like you, or if the attention they direct your way is by obligation of genetics. Either way, we expect the members of our family to like us. We trust that they will be there in times of need and in times of celebration. We know at important milestones in our lives they’ll be there to offer help and support. What’s different is our expectation of those we don’t share a gene pool with. Over the past week I was privileged to learn the meaning of true community and the impact it can have in our lives. Continue Reading…
Yeah, that “B” just stands for Budget. It’s May 1 and time for a whole new month for you and your money. If you’ve been unable to get control of your finances, the first of the month is great. It always offers a fresh start. Continue Reading…
Did you know that you occasionally need to replace the tires on your car? I guess in theory I knew that they wore down and that at some point I’d need to replace the tires on Sara’s car. I just have never actually kept a car long enough to get to the point of needing to replace the tires. Continue Reading…
Starting a business is a difficult undertaking on pretty much any level you look at it. You work longer hours, don’t have a consistent paycheck, and you have to answer every tough question your new company faces. Questions like, “What should I name my new company?” You aren’t able to change it once you’ve chosen a name unless you’re Puff Daddy, P-Diddy, Diddy, P, I forget which name we’re on now. So needless to say, it’s important to pick a good quality name that you can live with forever. Continue Reading…
I’ve got a Twitter friend @jonacuff who has a new book called Start that just came out this week. I’ve met Jon several times, heard him speak at a few different events, and read everyone of his other books as well as his blog stuffchristianslike. He’s actually one of the people who indirectly encouraged me to write my new book that is coming out next month. Continue Reading…
Here’s a sneak peak at the chapter about college from my new book. It’s called “Gettin` the Kids Learned Up Real Good” If you’d like to come to the launch party for the book (which trust me you really do want to be there) then you can buy tickets here.
It is my strong belief that a 22 year-old should be focusing on what God wants to do with their life instead of being forced into the workplace (in a job that probably doesn’t fit their passion) by Sallie Mae and credit card debt. They should be looking for their own place to live and not moving back into their parent’s spare room—which used to be their room but their dad has turned it into his “naked room.” (RE: Terry Bradshaw in the film Failure to Launch!) You know, I don’t know what’s worse; the fact that I actually watched Failure to Launch and am making reference to it in this book, or that the room someone spent their childhood in now has a 60 year-old naked man in it. Neither are very good.
My point is that the average college student graduates with $36,000.00 of student loan debt and $5,200.00 in credit card debt. Sure, they went to have the “college experience,” but now the “college experience” has them held hostage. They’re forced into the workplace and in an economy that’s struggling to hire young talent, these college grads end up taking minimum wage jobs just to get by. Most of the time, they’re not even able to cover their obligation. Looking at this scenario, my question is, “Was the college experience really worth it?” In many cases, the answer is “No.”
Question: Since we’re living in the boomerang generation, what can you do to make sure the kids don’t move back in after college?
