British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson talks with Harry Smith (from CBS Sunday Morning) about his journey from dyslexic high school dropout to one of the world’s richest men.

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Two of the world’s toughest financial survivors share their stories and insights on adversity, respect, debt, keys to success, and more.

Although they’ve followed distinctly different paths to wealth, Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump share a common passion for raising financial literacy around the world.

Trump is the consummate deal-maker. Kiyosaki is the consummate educator. Each of these two financial titans has learned in his own way how to turn the lessons of success and failure into a better Read More...

This is a longer interview (38:25), but is SO worth it!  Of all of the videos I’ve posted on our blog, this is by far one of my favorites.  In fact, I’ve actually watched it twice….it was that good!

Click here to view this great interview.

Here is a brief summary of what you will learn:

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On Thursday, July 16 at 11 am central time, Eric Plantenberg will be interviewed by Joe Abraham on Blog Talk Radio.  Joe is a Business Catalyst and Advisor who interviews the world’s brightest minds in entrepreneurship.

Eric will be sharing the story of Freedom Personal Development and how he and his business partner, Roger Seip, started the company with no capital or family Read More...

I recently read “Now is Your Time to Win: You Can Bounce Back From Failure to Success in 30 Seconds!“ by Dave Dean and enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it with our blog readers. This simple and short book of 107 pages is truly an inspiring and life altering treasure. It is a hard book to find in book stores, but is available at ExecutiveBooks.com for only $7.46.

This is a special book to me because the author happened to share the same summer job that I had during college, selling educational Read More...

1. Take Risks 
Do not be afraid to take risks…where is the fun in that? If you want something, go for it! Do not try and justify every action you make. Sometimes, all you have to do is to take that big leap! We usually allow ourselves to settle at what is safe and secure and yet we end up wondering at all the “what ifs?” and “what could have been?” in life.

If you take a risk and fail, move on!!  The best way to learn anything is to fail at first. 

We recently posted an article with some great stories on how people overcame failure.  We recommend you read the article, Read More...

Best selling author, Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Pointand Read More...

Thank you to everyone who participated in our “What is a Successful Relationship Contest”

Lots of great answers here, I must say that I learned quite a bit from reading them. So without further ado, here are our winners:

First Place and winner of a Freedom Personal Development Sweatshirt – Irene Koontz (comment #18)

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