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Paying the Price to Get Out

by Stephen Mills August 8, 2009
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Everything you do has a price. Everything you don’t do has a price. There is no free lunch despite the fact that many in our modern world think there so. You pay a price to change and you pay a price to maintain the status quo. The price you pay may be in the form of money, time, stress, health, a confrontation, loss of friendship, loss of material things, or anything else for which you have value.

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Beware of the Golden Handcuffs

by Stephen Mills July 26, 2009
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The term “golden handcuffs” typically means some lucrative financial incentive to keep an executive or manager from leaving a company. Financial compensation is arranged in such a way to “handcuff” them to their particular job or company. I want to expand this idea to anyone who has a traditional job. Whether we like to admit it or not, most people in traditional jobs are also locked tight by the golden handcuffs. We have, by our own behavior, handcuffed ourselves to our jobs.

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How to be Successful by Practicing Resilience

by Stephen Mills March 20, 2009
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The most important characteristic of successful people may be their resilience. In life’s journey there will be many challenges, difficulties, and failures. A successful life will see many wins but also many disappointments and failures. To be counted among those successful people, you must have the resilience to bounce back “truly alive”…

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Do You Feel Life is Giving You the Finger?

by Stephen Mills March 18, 2009
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“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.” — George Bernard Shaw

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Warning: This Board Game Could Get You Out of the Rat Race

by Stephen Mills March 7, 2009
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Note from Stephen:  This is a guest post by Marj over at the way of money.  I am a huge fan of Marj, Clément, and their blog.  Please go check it out and read the archives.  The content is excellent and very relevant to readers of The Rat Race Trap.
by Marj Galangco of www.thewayofmoney.com
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Escape the Rat Race by Becoming a Career Renegade

by Stephen Mills February 25, 2009
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Do you wish you could make a living while at the same time doing what you passionately love?  I bet you do, but if you are like many people you think your passion can’t make you enough money to live on.  Along comes Jonathan Fields to the rescue.  He shows you how to make money [...]

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Don’t Be Scammed Out of the Rat Race

by Stephen Mills February 13, 2009

A daunting 42-to-1 “scam ratio” in online work-at-home job leads is costing Americans millions of dollars annually and turning the online environment into a “job hunting minefield,” reports home-based career experts Staffcentrix. Moreover, the ratio is growing at an estimated 50% per year.
Your odds are pretty good of getting scammed repeatedly if you are looking [...]

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Follow Your Dream Out of the Rat Race – Without Being Eaten Alive

by Stephen Mills February 8, 2009
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When you decide to follow your dream and escape the rat race, you are vulnerable. You are going to see so many get-rich-quick schemes and scams flying in your direction you won’t know which direction is up. These will be presented in very convincing presentations, using tried and true marketing techniques, wrapped inside the most powerful testimonials from the allegedly new rich.

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Optimal Sleep – How to Get it Every Night

by Stephen Mills January 29, 2009
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In our modern chaotic and rat race world, we are no longer sleeping in a naturally healthy manner.  Sleep deprivation is widespread and the effects of sleep deprivation are alarming.  Read this for some good information on what happens when you don’t get enough sleep.
Why do we need optimal sleep?
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Getting Your Important Things Done

by Stephen Mills January 26, 2009

However a much more powerful approach is to get the important things done. Ultimately when you combine the two approaches you are going to be able to get more of the important things done in less time than you previously spent getting anything done.

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