motivation
What is Risk?
A common misnomer we often hear is, “Isn’t that risky!?!” Starting a business, investing in the stock market, buying and selling real estate, etc. What you have to understand is that risk is nothing more than “unknown certainty” or lack of information. Why is one motivated to fly 20,000 feet in the air on an [...]
Will Smith on Tavis Smiley
Will Smith gives some insight on where “Go Hard” can get you:
Hate being Broke!
Alright, so what is the true definition of being broke? Here at MoneyIsJustAnIdea.com, we Mavens, define being broke as living from check to check no matter your income. We were broke at one point and we know that the majority of the people reading this blog are broke now. How did we denounce being broke? [...]
Stop saying, “I can’t afford it!”
I cringe when I hear people say, “I can’t afford it.” I forbid myself from using that dreadful phrase. If is see something that I have a desire to obtain, I simply say, “how can I afford it?” The first is a statement while the other is a question.
“I can’t afford it.” - stops [...]
What Would You Do, If You Knew You Couldn’t Fail…
No, really!! What would you do if you KNEW, without a shadow of a doubt, that you couldn’t fail? Would you start that company you have always been talking about? Would you open that restaurant you have been dreaming of? Seriously what is it you dream of doing? Well, I’m telling you that you will [...]
What’s Your Motivation?
When asked what’s your motivation, most people answer money, car, house, kids but no one tend to look inside to see what is internally motivating you. External motivations are okay, but studies show that intrinsic motivation outlast and is more powerful that extrinsic motivation.
Professor Steven Reiss realized this and did studies involving more than [...]
