It is only the first step that is difficult.

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If someone confronts you, is he or she “insulting” you, “coaching” you, or truly “caring” for you?

Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation and marry the story of the truth, and everything changes.

Remember: we all get what we tolerate. So stop tolerating excuses within yourself, limiting beliefs of the past, or half-assed or fearful states.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

“A lot of brilliant people are terrible investors. The reason is that they don’t have the ability to make decisions with limited information. By the time you get all the information, everyone else knows it, and you no longer have the edge.

In every area of life, you get what you tolerate. And it’s time to raise the standard.

• Make sure that wherever possible, you invest in a way that allows you to defer your taxes (401[k], IRA, annuity, defined benefit plan) so that you compound tax free and pay tax only at the time you sell the investment. Or set up a future tax-free environment by growing your investments in a Roth.