Warren Buffett’s Wisdom: Do What You Love

The world’s second richest man gave CNBC an absolutely AWESOME interview in 2006 titled “The Billionaire Next Door.” J.D. Roth has the whole video, broken down with some great supplementary notes! I just LOVE how down-to-earth Warren Buffett is!! I’ve had the chance to meet him briefly, but even in that time, his attitude made an [...]

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What Generation Y Wants at Work

Now along come the 76 million members of Generation Y. For these new 20-something workers, the line between work and home doesn’t really exist. They just want to spend their time in meaningful and useful ways, no matter where they are. —Penelope Trunk, in an article for TIME Magazine, “What Gen Y Really Wants”

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Book Review: Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk

Anyone who’s crazy about business books knows Tom Peters, the management guru who foresees an Inescapable White Collar Revolution that will transform business in the next ten years! (And if you don’t, you should read him!) Well, Tom is getting to be quite the old-timer. (Sorry, Tom.) Penelope Trunk is his engaging, competent, young replacement. ‘Nuff [...]

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An Interview with Julie Jansen, Career Coach and Motivational Speaker

IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com has hosted the fourth interview in my Heroines of Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship series. Julie Jansen is a motivational speaker, career coach, and author. She has a great deal of experience helping everyone from CEOs to managers to entrepreneurs find gratifying work and she has some great thoughts on gender and business. Here are [...]

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An Interview with Alexandra Levit, Author of They Don’t Teach Corporate In College

Part three in Heroines of Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship series at IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com: Alexandra Levit is the author of They Don’t Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something’s Guide to the Business World, and a regular corporate and university speaker on Gen-Y employees. She is the founder and president of Inspiration@Work career consultancy and also serves as [...]

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Gonna Change the World! Just Watch…

I want to change society. I want to be a revolutionary. I want to make this world a better place for my future children. I made the conscious decision some time ago that I don’t want to live a normal life—I don’t want to bury my head in the sand and I don’t want to [...]

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