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<title>James Bird Guess - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[James "Bird" Guess had a childhood dream to become a professional basketball player. He studied Michael Jordan more than a preacher studies the bible. He failed! Once homeless after high school and at rock bottom of his life, he discovered a success process called "Grinding," in which a person creates success using ambition, vision, strategy and perseverance. Mastering this process, James was able to personally finance his way through college and graduated with hopes of climbing the corporate ladder and becoming a rich executive. But after only working a year in "Corporate America," James' ambition and goals outgrew his corporate ... ]]></description>
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<title>10 Things People Told Me Before I Became an Entrepreneur</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:35:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[1. They told me, "you should go back to school because the economy is bad right now! 2. They told me, "you better not quit that good job you might not find another one." 3. They told me, "don't you realize most businesses fail within the first five years?"]]></description>
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<title>Why Practice Doesn't Make Perfect</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:14:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For you to get better and eventually remarkable at what you do, either as a working professional, entrepreneur, student or athlete, you know you must practice. But for some people, no matter how much they practice they remain average or even become worse.]]></description>
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<title>Success Is Not Enough: How The Good Get Great</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:17:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So you've got some talent. You've started a business or started climbing the corporate ladder.]]></description>
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<title>Fail As Fast As You Can!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:16:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, but the sum of all your failures equals your success. If you are not failing you are not growing and ultimately pursuing your greatest potential. If you have not failed at anything within the past year it is probably because you have played life too safe.]]></description>
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<title>Seeds of Success and Greatness</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:34:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you asked most people if they are living today what they dreamed they would be doing as a kid most of them would reply no. People naturally develop different goals and dreams as they grow in life, however many people also give up and quit trying to become what they dreamed about in their adolescence. Fortunately, there is still hope for some to become what they only dreamed of becoming.]]></description>
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<title>The Success Process</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:33:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Looking back at those turbulent times in my life, I learned that success is a process in which a person must go through and complete a series of actions, changes and phases to produce success and the results wanted in life. It reminds me of a story about a man who one day found a cocoon for a butterfly in a park.]]></description>
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<title>The Seasons of Life and Success</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:32:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As March and the season of spring comes upon us, it is critical that you start planning and equipping yourself for change. As you know, life has four seasons: summer, fall, winter and spring. However, most people are unaware that success also has four seasons.]]></description>
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<title>The Michael Jordan Wealth Mentality</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:26:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Making $250,000 in a year sounds like an unattainable amount for some people. But if you posses the "Michael Jordan Wealth Mentality" then it becomes achievable.]]></description>
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<title>Is the Game of American Capitalism Over?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:39:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is it not ironic, that the game of free-market capitalism, the economic system responsible for creating the wealthiest country in the world, is now the culprit for the financial collapse of America's $13 trillion economy? Foreign leaders around the world have called out American style-capitalism as the reason for the worldwide economic slump. In hip-hop culture, there is a saying "don't hate the player, hate the game," but in this situation I must say, "we cannot hate the game, we must blame the players.]]></description>
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<title>The Game of American Capitalism</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:24:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[America is a capitalist country. Capitalism is an economic system in which a government allows businesses and citizens the right to negotiate the prices of products, services, and labor, and the freedom to own capital. Capital is money or productive property available to produce more money, products or services.]]></description>
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<title>America's Economy - Obama-nomics</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:20:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to repair the economy and potentially create up to 3.5 million jobs, President Obama has proposed an economic stimulus plan that would cost taxpayers $825 billion. The House of Representatives recently approved the plan, and now it awaits a vote in the Senate.]]></description>
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<title>God's Financial Favorites</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:56:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What does the Bible have to say about money? Many people may consider the Bible to be only a book detailing Jesus' teachings and the principles of Christianity, while ignoring other real-life issues of money and wealth. You may be surprised to know, according to Biblical historians Craig Hill and Earl Pitts, the New Testament contains approximately ten times as many verses regarding money and credit as it does salvation and faith.]]></description>
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<title>Oil &amp; Gasoline Prices 101</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:38:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The price of gasoline has increased more than 150 percent in the last five years. In 2007, Americans paid on average $3 per gallon for regular unleaded. Today, many are struggling to pay the record setting $4 per gallon, which is why more people are riding buses and selling their sport utility vehicles in exchange for hybrids and fuel-efficient cars.]]></description>
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<title>Got Financial Intelligence?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:51:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For years, I have heard people say, "money is the root of all evil." Then I learned that the actual biblical quote made more sense - "for the love of money is the root of all evil." And it is that same love of money that is now part of the root of our current "evil economic crisis.]]></description>
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<title>The Top 7 Financial Moves You Should &amp; Should Not Make During Recession 2008!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:45:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[From borrowing money out of your 401(k) to starting a side hustle! These are the Top 7 Financial Moves you will want know about for 2008.]]></description>
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<title>The Way to Wealth - Financial Discipline!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:52:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of my "financial four traits" for creating wealth is discipline. "If you can't control yourself, you can't control your wealth." Many people do not understand what it means to build wealth, they would rather be "rich," financially uncommitted, and "live for the moment."]]></description>
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<title>How To Prepare For An Economic Recession?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:14:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[They told me, "you should go back to school because the economy is bad right now!"  They told me, "you better not quit that good job you might not find another one."  They told me, "don't you realize most businesses fail within the first five years?"   ]]></description>
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<title>10 Things People Told Me Before I Became an Entrepreneur?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:27:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Truthfully, you will likely never have the perfect conditions to start your business, so you must stop wasting time and just go out and do it! I know you may feel that if you could just read one more book or attend one more real estate seminar you will be ready. 
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<title>Economic Fear - The Fed's Financial Rescue of Wall Street</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:56:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As American jobs decreased by 63,000 in Feb 2008, mostly in the auto manufacturing and residential housing construction industries, the Washington Post reported that prices for groceries, gasoline, health care and other living essentials for a typical middle income American family rose by 9.2 percent since 2006. Within the same time period, average income for typical non-managerial workers increased only about 5 percent.]]></description>
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<title>The 4 Players of Money and Business</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:12:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn who are the Workers, Hustlers, Ballers and Capitalists? Which player are you?]]></description>
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<title>America's New Hustlas - the Economics of Black Women</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:44:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["You know it makes me unhappy (what's that) When brothas make babies, and leave a young mother to be a pappy And since we all came from a woman Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman I wonder why we take from our women Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? I think it's time to kill for our women Time to heal our women, be real to...]]></description>
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<title>The Solution to Achieving New Year's Financial Resolutions!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:25:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People are not millionaires simply because they have a net worth of a million dollars. No, they are millionaires because they know how to accumulate money efficiently and consistently. The hundreds of thousands of dollars they've "stacked" is just a result of their financial intelligence or simply applying what they know.  ]]></description>
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<title>Everything You Need to Know About Credit Scores</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:23:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is credit and why do you need it? America became the largest economy in the world because of a concept called credit. Christopher Columbus was able to discover the new world (Bahamas) because of credit from the Spanish government and private Italian investors.]]></description>
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<title>So You Wanna Be a Millionaire?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:22:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2007, there were roughly 9 million Americans who had a net worth of one million dollars or more.      Representing only 3% of the entire U.S. population, they are indeed a special group of individuals who have achieved more than the American dream - they are the American dream!]]></description>
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<title>Is Jay-Z An Economist And The Fall Of The US Dollar</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:42:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why would Jay-Z prefer having euros over the U.S. dollar which has been the world's most preferred currency for decades? Is Jay-Z predicting the American Economy is headed for hard times and the U.S. dollar will further decline in value? Or is hip-hop's ambassador just continuing to be a trend-setter and his usual financially flamboyant self? ]]></description>
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<title>Why Blacks are not as Wealthy as Whites?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:17:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Blacks fall behind Latinos, Whites, and Asians in net worth, and self-employment rates. What's going on and how can we improve these rates?]]></description>
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<title>Political Equality - Marching vs Lobbying?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:14:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Capitalist America everything seems to be "for sale," but what about the Government? In 2006, according to The Center For Responsive Politics, corporations, labor unions, and other organizations spent $2.6 billion to"lobby" Congress and all other federal agencies.]]></description>
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<title>3 Things You Must Have To Become Wealthy!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:28:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ambition is a feeling, a spark that runs through your body from your heart. You have to feel it, it's not like a skill you can develop. When it comes to your financial condition especially if you're broke, or living paycheck to paycheck, you will either have a strong desire to succeed and pull yourself out of the financial trashcan or not care if you become wealthy or not.]]></description>
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<title>How to Get Wealthy If You're Black?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:11:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Climb the corporate ladder? Be a rapper? Professional athlete? Forget about! Learn to become a Capitalist!]]></description>
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<title>The Millionaire Mentality</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:21:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some people have asked me why I think I can teach people how to become wealthy when I don't have a million dollars? My response to that fair question is that people spend thousands of dollars on colleges and universities to be taught economics, finance and entrepreneurship, but how many of those professors you think are listed on the Forbes Richest list? None! Since that's the case why not learn from someone who has done what you are actually trying to do? There are only 9 million American millionaires, and a millionaire I am not, a millionaire in the making I am! ]]></description>
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