Category Archives: Retirement

Tax Tips: Keeping records organized reduces stress at tax time!

By empower | Published: February 10, 2011

If you haven’t already, it’s time to start thinking about your tax return right now. Maintaining good records now can make filing your return a lot easier and it will help you remember transactions you made during the year. Gather your information early – a few days prior to visiting your trusted CPA, be sure to spend a few minutes putting things in order. This will allow time to ensure you have the documentation you need. The more prepared, the faster your refund, and the less stress you will have! http://empower.ws

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8 Ways to Beat Stress!

By empower | Published: February 1, 2011

Discovery’s How Stuff Works gives great insight into how we can lower our stress levels without compromising our schedule, and while greatly improving our heath! http://empower.ws

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Irony: Bernanke – No housing bubble to pop.

By empower | Published: November 20, 2010

…Rather, he has argued for many years that the Fed should respond to rising or falling prices for stocks, real estate or other assets only if they are affecting inflation or economic growth in an undesirable way. Thus, he would advocate cutting interest rates if a reversal in the housing market sharply dampened consumer spending, triggering job losses or a fall in inflation to very low levels. Bernanke believes “the Fed’s job is to protect the economy, not to protect individual asset prices,” said William Dudley, chief economist for Goldman Sachs U.S. Economics Research… http://empower.ws

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what we can learn from Apple

By empower | Published: June 21, 2010

Any way you slice it, Apple is leading the way in more ways than one. Apple is not just an alternative to Windows and PC’s, but is taking more and more of the computing and retail ‘gadget’ marketplace. The products are extremely intuitive, the engineering and construction outstanding, and the proprietary software has much fewer problems than its competitors. For business owners – I should say, for forward thinking business owners, the Apple model is an incredible model to follow. Business in the 21st century is much different than business in the 20th century. Now more than ever, businesses must have 4 clearly defined principles at its core: (iPhone 4, iPad, iMac, etc.) www.empoweryourbest.com www.apple.com

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Watch what happens when you tell your business where to go

By empower | Published: June 2, 2010

Every day is a hustle. Busy busy busy. Sometimes you feel that you are simply existing, and are stuck in a grind. It’s hard to decipher what’s important, from what’s urgent. Need to refocus? Need to get back on course? Here’s how. clarity From time to time, we all need to revisit our compass, and alter our [...]

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The Necessity of Vision

By empower | Published: April 22, 2010

It has been said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you won’t know how to get there.” While that seems sarcastic and blatantly obvious, it is nugget of truth that can make all the difference to you, your organization, and to your dreams. Vision sets the course. Vision sets the mood, the mantra, and the corporate culture of your organization. Without it, your team or business, no matter how large, is a fumbling, uncommitted mess… www.empoweryourbest.com

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why you want to learn more about private investing

By empower | Published: April 19, 2010

Common investing methods – such as investing into the stock market – is generally a passive method. Meaning, it is defensive in nature. Typical investment advisors make choices for their clients based on what a stock is doing, or what the market is doing. Their software tells them that changes have occurred and they need to buy, sell, hold, or plan to make a move based on certain theoretical indicators… http://empoweryourbest.com/

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retire early. retire wealthy. really.

By empower | Published: March 26, 2010

Retiring early is no longer a dream – if you are open to unconventional methods. Retire Early. Retire Wealthy. Your best days are ahead. http://empoweryourbest.com