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Lessons Learned From The Financial Blogger Conference

Jesse Michelsen — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:00:42 +0000

Well, I made it back in one piece! The Financial Blogger Conference was amazing. There were hundreds of bloggers as far as the eye could see. No one batted an eye at my complaints about having to pay for WiFi or my trying to split a cab anywhere we went. It was heaven so many [...]

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5 Tips To Keep You Productive

Jesse Michelsen — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:19:56 +0000

Sometimes I get that feeling that I just can’t keep going on. I lose focus and have a hard time getting anything done unless completely necessary. I’ve found that while there may be different reasons for this, a lot of it comes down to small changes in my own life that took the wind out [...]

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4 Great Things You Could Be Doing Instead Of Gaming

Jesse Michelsen — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:12:12 +0000

With the advancements of technology, one thing that has emerged over the years is a more interactive, more addictive method of gaming. Things like MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) and online line shoot em up games from console to PC have come across and in my opinion, taken the world by storm. I [...]

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One Of Life’s Truths: You Are What You Do

Jesse Michelsen — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:06:34 +0000

I have this friend that I really admire for a lot of reasons. He’s a level headed guy with a calm way about him, but it is his countless little tidbits of wisdom on life that really strike me about him. A while back we were talking about hunting dogs as he is an avid [...]

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The Key To Success Is Initiative and Followthrough

Jesse Michelsen — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:22:40 +0000

Invention – the introduction of new and exciting methods, materials, devices or whatever that usually make like better. While some of the most major inventions in human history came ages ago namely the telephone, electricity, and the Internet, they have changed life as we know it and every single day something new is invented. Every [...]

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A Little Disappointment Never Hurt Anyone

Jesse Michelsen — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:58:44 +0000

Halloween has come and gone already. It felt like just yesterday I was making out my New Years Resolutions, one of which being to seize the day just a bit more this year. I’m happy to say that this Halloween I did that. Where I work, every year we hold a Halloween potluck the Friday [...]

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Instinct, Choice and Outside Influence

Jesse Michelsen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:30:40 +0000

This is abstract so consider yourselves warned I have been reading a lot lately about personality, the way brains are wired and I’ve been trying to figure out some things about my own thought patterns that have always been a little weird when thinking back on my decisions. In doing so, I had a great [...]

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How I Will Earn $1000 by Losing Weight

Jesse Michelsen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:47:57 +0000

Losing weight can be difficult. There are temptations everywhere and it gets more and more difficult to motivate yourself. I find my motivation failing because even if I am rewarding myself here and there, it doesn’t really mean anything coming from myself. Losing the weight should be motivation enough but it’s not unless you are [...]

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