Month: May 2018

Do Tattoos Impact Success?

As the years roll on, tattoos become more and more popular amongst people, but do they impact ones professional image and is it harder to become successful if you do have tattoos? A poll done in 2012 showed that 1 out of every 5 adults have at least one tattoo. This changed drastically from a 1995 statistic of 1 in every 12 adults having a tattoo. Tattoos are here to stay, at least for now, and the biggest question people are facing is “If I get this tattoo, will it hinder my chance of getting a good job?”.  Older...

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Stock Market Trading with Jürgen Pallien

Stock market trading has become a huge phenomenon around the world, probably due to the fact that one can trade stocks and make money from the comfort of their own home. It is a very attractive way to invest, if we look at the statistics, the entire world’s stock exchanges have a capitalization of $80 trillion, which is massively up from $25 Trillion in 2009 (making it a 320% increase). Many people seek financial liberation for themselves and try to create that freedom, and investing in stocks is definitely a good way to go. There are thousands of different companies...

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To Franchise or Not to Franchise… that is the question!

It happens to everyone differently. Whether you’re stuck at a job you don’t like and think to yourself that starting a business might be your best bet, or you’ve known from a young age that starting a business would be the only thing worth your while, or maybe you even are at the age of retiring but don’t want to stop working, so starting a business is the next best option. The reason, timing, and actual spark that makes it happen are all a bit different for everyone.   There is however something that remains constant: the moment you...

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Trump Vs. Amazon – Who will win?

The latest Donald Trump saga is his ongoing war with Amazon and and owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. In the past few days, Trump has been firing at Amazon, claiming in a series of tweets, that Bezos’ benefits from billions in subsidies from the U.S. Post office while skirting sales taxes.  Is Trump this angry because he is concerned for the country, or because he didn’t come up with the idea first? After all, he did start as a businessman. “Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their...

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What a successful financial advisor would tell his 20 year old self today

Robert Pagliarini, owner of Pacifica Wealth Advisors made a list of things he would tell his 20 year old self if he could. Pagliarini has been working with clients for over 20 years, most of them have had kids and since then, Pagliarini has also helped their kids. His younger clients often have similar questions to what he thought when he was younger; Pagliarini says that he really enjoys these conversations because it reminds him of when he was young and just starting out. On his quoted list, he came up with things that the youth or just anybody...

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