There is no such thing as a bad economy.
Only what you are doing that had become irrelevant.

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BruceBit 100202

God gives money to those who take it.

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BruceBit 091201

As a man watching a monkey consider a banana, so it is with God watching a man speak of the universe.

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BruceBit 090926

OMG!

This is the coolest ever!!!!!

http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank

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BruceBit 090822

For the purposes of our work together, the truth will be defined as:

• Accurately reporting on what you see

For the purposes of our work together, the truth will not be defined as:

• Gods word
• The facts
• Your opinion

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BruceBit 090815

Oz is arrogance
Insecurity is the levers and knobs

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BruceBit 090814

When referencing your business partner never, never, never use superlatives... ever!

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BruceBit 090806

People's ability to keep their money is correlate or equal to the amount of time it took them to get it.

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BruceBit 090803

You must learn to operate in the cloud now.
Stop complaining, stop being a dinosaur and learn this new thing.

Put it all out there.
Your documents, your contacts... everything.

I know... I like Outlook too.
I love the beast (Microsoft.)
But the best is dead.
Move on, before you start to stink along with it.

It's all in the cloud now baby... get to it!

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BruceBit 090802

Wisdom: Why are you in business?

Biz Owner: To make money?

Wisdom: Insufficient context!

Biz Owner: Why else would I be in Business?

Wisdom: To build an organization that makes money.

Biz owner: I was not born to build organizations.

Wisdom: That is why you suffer.

Axiom: You must care for the vehicle or the vehicle will not serve.

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BruceBit 090801

You don't feel bad because you are fat.

You feel bad because you know you will be fat tomorrow... and that, you can do something about, today!

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BruceBit 090723

Relationship in Business is fundamental.

A relationship characterized by trust & honor must be established. This is a critical & elementary environment. Without trust and honor the organization is susceptible to all manner of mischief and loss.

Everything the organization does must be done in care of its trusted and honored business relationships.

Fear, insecurity and uncertainty are the number one deterrents to productivity. Necessary skill sets or lack of training or lack of talent are all critical to success. Nonetheless, these attributes are a secondary concern of establishing trust.

Highly productive people focus on the job at hand, rather than the real and or imagined threats in their workplace.

We must be mindful of all that we do in our pursuits to succeed that our actions communicate and build trust rather than a diminution of trust.

Relationship is the key to long term success.

Possible actions:
1. Find a policy or practice in your organization today that diminishes trust and change it.
2. Ask someone you trust else to help you with this.

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BruceBit 090622

The only thing that makes any difference is effective action.

Nothing else makes any difference...nothing!

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BruceBit 090428

I have been doing this cool thing with my email you may want to try.

When I open my Outlook I just want to see the emails that are "close to the money."

In other words, as much as I love seeing an email from Aunt Mildred, The Red Cross and a joke from "that guy" who only & always sends me jokes, I do not want to see them during the work day.

So, I starting creating a file in Outlook as these pleasant interruptions trickle in. A new file for each one of them. File titles like, "Family", "Jokes", "Charities", etc.

After creating the folder, I right click on the email itself and hit "Create a Rule". At that moment a little box pops up that asks me, to which folder do I what to send Aunt Mildred.... from now on (as in forever).

Now these lovely little distractions end up in a file and off the workday in box!!! As time goes on, between my new files that Aunt Mildred automatically goes into, and the evil emails referencing bodily functions that I create a rule to send direct to junk mail, I keep a relatively clean inbox.

Once a day I click on "Unread Mail" and look to see if any of these diverted emails need a quick answer. If not, I highlight all of them (without reading them) and hit "Mark as Read".

Later, at my leisure, I catch up on the Jokes, what Aunt Mildred wants to eat next Sunday and send a little something to the Red Cross. This happens about once a week at night when I am goofing around.

There all done!

No more sifting though semi-important and junk emails to get to the MONEY!

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BruceBit 090425

I am using Scottrade. Customer friendly platforms, no hidden fees...so far.

If you do end up opening it with Scottrade, use this referral code: EJVR8926
You and I can get 3 FREE trades.

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BruceBit 090422

Why do people whine on and on about how bad television is? I hear people say things like TV is bad for you, it poisons your mind, just a bunch of lies. People I love, say it is useless, insulting, evil etc.

OK. look, if we take television out of your life, what do you have? Really, if you count the good things you get out of TV, I think you would stop beating up the poor thing.

I have been watching 3 TVs at the same time for almost 20 years. One is on the weather channel; one is on a sports channel; one is on a news channel. This is going on in my office & home both 24 hours a day. I don't want to miss anything. When I walk into my office I cannot wait to see what's happening in all the different worlds. These 3 monitors are simply portals to many different worlds. I leave them on all the time because when I walk in I don't want to wait till they warm up. I can't wait to be thrilled by what people everywhere are up to!

To say you hate TV is similar to saying that you hate food. Like, you hate chicken because it has bones. Like, I can't eat chicken because I keep swallowing whole these terrible bones that get stuck in my intestines and are trying to kill me because as you know chickens are out to get us all. And, as we all know, God does not like chickens, because chickens are all a part of the overall machine that is constantly weaving its wicked conspiracies to control all of us... bla, bla, bla.

You know who hates Television. The Taliban, old Quakers and stupid people, or should I say people who are in a stupor... because I know they are not really stupid.

This brings me to my question. Why do people whine about how bad television is?

Here is my notion. They whine because they are victims of what they see, rather than taking what they see and creating something of their own liking... that's why.

Of course there are things I see on TV that I truly hate, (free credit report.com commercials, bias on the news channels, reality shows that are not exactly like me, etc,) but I will not let that stop me from being thrilled by the endless creativity of human beings.

I LOVE TV!!!

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BruceBit 090307

The difference between truth & fiction is, fiction must make sense. (Quoting Clive Owen, trying to quote Tom Clancy, in, The International. Great movie. Go see It!)

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BruceBit 090305

I am so disgusted with the big news channels poor job of explaining the financial crisis and how we got into this whole mess we are in.

Last night CNN was about to run, what should have been, a really great show on helping the consumer/taxpayer understand what has happened and what was in store for all of us. I was so excited! I had my popcorn and Coke and was already to listen and learn.

With 8 seconds of the beginning of the broadcast there were 4 acronyms and 3 terms of art thrown around, and I knew listeners were already changing channels.

I suggest you start with how we got there...the mortgage lending downfall.

Please watch these two videos for an easy explanation. (Very Short)

1. Financial Crisis Explained: Subprime Mortgage - For Kids YouTube Video

2. Understanding The Financial Crisis - For Kids and Grownups YouTube Video

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BruceBit 090302

Below is the REAL free credit report (and a lot of other cool stuff). Those ads on TV ads about free credit reports are just to rope you in then up sale after giving you only one of three reports you really need.

If you are going to spend money on your money I recommend you spend it with these guys: The Motley Fool. They are really "for" their customers. I think they get a kick out of helping people. Check it out!

By now, most people know that we're allowed a free credit report from the three major credit reporting bureaus once a year. (If this happened to slip your mind, please visit annualcreditreport.com to jog your memory.)

The complimentary data buffet doesn't end there. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, consumers are entitled to see all the dirt The Man has on us, including our employment, rental, and even medical history.

Like credit reports, we're allowed to peek into our consumer reports absolutely free once a year. (Note that you might not have a record at all of these. Also, some states have secured more frequent freebies for residents.) And, as with all things administrative, there are plenty of companies to do the report-pulling for you. It'd cost you $80 to let someone else provide you a one-time data snapshot -- but you don't have to pay a dime. Use this list to get your information for free, and put that $80 in your brokerage account instead.

Your privacy on notice
Over a long lunch, work your way through this rap sheet rundown and order your consumer files. (Trust us, it's much more satisfying than Googling yourself.)

Credit Reports

• 877-322-8228 or www.annualcreditreport.com

Insurance records

• ChoiceTrust's C.L.U.E. Report: 866-312-8076 or www.choicetrust.com
• ISO Insurance Services: 800-627-3487
• Medical History Report: 866-692-6901 or www.MIB.com

Employment history

• ChoicePoint: 866-312-8075
• Acxiom: 800-853-3228 (option 3)

Tenant history

• ChoicePoint Tenant History: 877-448-5732
• U.D. (Unlawful Detainer) Registry: 888-275-4837
• SafeRent: 888-333-2413 or www.fadvsaferent.com

Check-writing reports and deposit account information

• ChexSystems: 800-428-9623 or www.chexhelp.com
• SCAN (Shared Check Authorization Network): 800-262-7771
• TeleCheck: 800-835-3243

For more on protecting yourself from fraud, read about:

• How you can prevent credit fraud in just one minute.
• Why everyone is watching you.
• How you can silence the sales pitches.
• What to do if identity thieves get you.
• Simple tips to stop credit fraud and identity theft.

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BruceBit 090228

We are now headed toward to second decade since the turn of the century.

If you cannot TEXT U R living in the past.

When I was a child in 1960 my mother had two telephones installed near the door of her in-home beauty shop. The phones were actually in our living room connected to the shop.

I thought I was the coolest when my friends would come over and see that we had a TV (B&W) and two, mind you two telephones: one for Walkerton customers and one for Plymouth customers. My mother ran an excellent business and stayed up with the times. I do so appreciate that about her.

My grandmother from Ohio would come by and remind us from time to time that the TV was a portal to hell and two phones was definitely TWO TOO many. We all adored grandmother, but she was always looking for the end of the world, and would say things like, "If God wanted people to fly he would have given them wings." (Given that logic, I always wondered why we were wearing clothes.)

Anyway, all that to say, if U can't text. U R living the past!!!!

More signs you are living in the past:

If you are saying things like:
What happened to traditional letter writing?
What happened to picking up the phone and just calling?
What happeded to just hanging out and talking?

If you are saying things like:
In my day we used to...

If you are saying things like:
I don't have time for Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Twitter.
I just can't keep up with it all.

U R categorically, indubitably, with no possibility of doubt, a dinosaur.

I was working with a young doctor a while back. We were not connecting. He avoided me, and quite frankly, I dreaded seeing him. A coaching nightmare.

For some reason, one day, he sent me a text about a sporting event. I didn't know how to read it let alone send back a message. Finally I figured it out and replied.

The next thing you know he and I are great friends sending messages back and forth like kids writing notes in grade school. We really built a trust after that. It was exquisite!

If you don't learn this stuff, everyone under thirty will leave you in the dust. If you do learn it, U can hang with them, and you have your experience to give U the edge!!!!

U Can do it!!!!!!!
Learn this stuff. Stop acting like you can't do it.
For God's sake you had children. U can do anything.

Texting is fun!
Facebook is the best!

Email. c'mon, if I have to say anything about that, U should meet my grandmother.

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