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No Short Cuts to Success

By Jeremy Burgess | Published: June 1, 2010
It seems that in the pursuit of the American Dream another idea was born with it. The idea of short cuts to success. Some idea or way of doing something that will guarantee success instantly with little to no effort on your part. I call them get rich quick schemes and yes, I have even [...]
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The Importance of Goals in Life

By Jeremy Burgess | Published: March 5, 2010
Many motivational speakers, business gurus, and parents if you are lucky, talk about the importance of having and setting goals in life. I personally ignored goal setting for a long period of my life. And the goals I did have later in life I didn’t even bother to write down. It’s interesting that as human [...]
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Seven Steps to Success? Really?

By Jared Pomranky | Published: May 21, 2009
“Vision is the spectacular that inspires us to carry out the mundane.” ~ Chris Widener Seven Steps to Success. I have to tell you, the title didn’t really catch my attention either. How many times have we heard of someone’s steps to success or something similar that has been steps that have worked for them [...]
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Busting Blight for Profit & Fame

By Drew Sygit | Published: March 3, 2009
Is it possible to make money off real estate while being socially responsible?
We all know about the housing crisis and what it’s doing to home values in Metro Detroit. As a result, the number of vacant foreclosed properties is growing and blight is spreading. Traditional blue collar areas have been hit especially hard as manufacturing jobs decline. Drive down any street in one of the cities that border Detroit and you’ll see vacant properties in disrepair.
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