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Why I Became An Investor

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Chris Sain Jr. Top 40 under 40 Business Leader The Why My dad was and is to this day, the best businessman I have ever known . I am certain that over the course of his lifetime he earned well over a million dollars. I am not at all saying he or we, as a family were millionaires, in fact we were your average, maybe above average middle class family, but his business acumen took him very far in life as a businessman.   Me on the other hand had no business acumen. As a kid, my dad told me to play and to have fun and to worry about work when I became an adult. My father instructed my brother and I to do this because growing up he didn't have much of a childhood and wanted different for us. So, as a kid, you listen to your dad. To be fortunate enough to actually have a dad in the home, you listen even more when your dad tells you something. So... Play is what I did.  I played so much I became one of the best athletes to come out of Grand Rapids, Mich.... (r...

The Business of Being an Author Pt. 1

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How to make $10K − $100K in 9 months Overview My Success Model 1.) Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.   ~ Matthew 6:33 God is the author and finisher of my life. He orders my steps and does the advancing in my life. I do not have an agent or manager. Its just me and God. I don't have a publicist. Its just me and God. If I can do it, anybody can do it. His instructions to me were simple: Reach who you are called to reach. You will lose yourself trying to reach the masses. 2.) Write the VISION; make it PLAIN ~ Habakkuk 2:2 If you fail to plan you essentially plan to fail. 90% of people are going through the motions in life. 95% percent of people are playing around and posting pointless stuff on social media. No real vision for why they do what they do. With me, everything has a purpose. At meetings, at work and on social media, I have a purpose. I have a strategic plan and vision for my life. I have no was...