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Amazon Kindle

June 28, 2008 – 10:48 pm

This has been out for awhile now but I’ve never felt the need to blog about it until now. If you don’t know what the Amazon Kindle is, you can watch the video below to better understand what it is and how it can help you. I am writing about it simply because of yesterday’s blog post on Elite Mastermind Forum. I feel that having an Amazon Kindle will greatly help you advance your studies and reading. When the Kindle original came out, it was priced around $400. Now, the price has dropped down to about $360 and you can often find cheaper prices on eBay or craigslists if you take your time and check accordingly.

I will probably consider investing in one of these soon. Majority of books and best sellers go for just under $10, so in the long run it’ll actually save you money. The only downside to this is you can’t really resell your books and it doesn’t have the same feel flipping through pages if you are the type that likes to feel your books as you are flipping from chapter to chapter for reference or is a book collector. Outside of these conditions, I feel that there are more benefits to having a Kindle than to not have one. Soon, textbooks will be available on the Kindle and for students who are looking for a cost effective way to carry all your books around and study, this is a great alternative.

The only question I have is whether or not the Kindle displays images if a book normally have images. I should presume so. Also, since the books are electronic, you can probably download a lot of books for free in addition to buying them. The best part is, the kindle is designed to display text as if you were reading off an actual page rather than through a backlight as if you were reading off a computer monitor. I did get to see one in real life and it isn’t that bad. Check the video below for more details.

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Elite Mastermind Forum

June 27, 2008 – 08:28 am

The title sounds more impressive but may not be what you’re thinking of. Yesterday marked the launch of Elite Mastermind Forum. The forum is launched by one of my business partner as a reading group. The goal? To read one book per week. The reason? Simple. It is said that the ultimate power in life is knowledge. The more knowledge you have, the more connected you will be and the more you can accomplish. Every successful entrepreneur or person in this world owe their success in one way or another to the knowledge they’ve obtained. People say it’s not what you know but it’s who you know. I don’t believe in this sentence at all! I believe that it’s what you know AND who you know. Afterall, majority of the people in this world are not born with connections, they make them happen. The more you know, the more you can accomplish.

True intelligence in my definition is not how much a person know or how high their grades and test scores are. True intelligence in my opinion is the level of applied knowledge. Talk to a major car enthusiast and they’ll probably be able to tell you everything you’ll ever need to know about any particular car, especially their favorite cars. BUT, if that car ever breaks down and they can’t fix it themselves, it doesn’t matter how much they know about the car, in the end they rely on their mechanic or someone else to fix the issue. Knowledge is only as good as the person applying that knowledge. But you must FIRST accummulate the knowledge before you can do anything.

Elite Mastermind Forum is a place for those aspiring to accomplish great things, particularly in the areas of personal finance, enterpreneurship, personal development, etc… to get together with other people and study what others are teaching through books, etc. The goal is to read one book per week. A lot of people will find this difficult whether due to lack of time or due to their inability to want to read (either because they find it boring or they hate it). But if you want to expand your knowledge, this is the group for you to join in. You can suggest books to read and there will be discussions held to go over the stuff. Check it out.

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Worst Job In The World

June 25, 2008 – 11:49 am

My girlfriend sent me this today and it made me LOL so I thought I’d share it with you guys…

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Faster Internet Coming Your Way

June 21, 2008 – 07:42 am

I thought that the 16Mbps internet speed was a rarity when I first moved here and got internet hooked up recently since Comcast only offered 4Mbps, 6Mbps, and 8Mbps plans back in Portland, where I was originally from. Yesterday, a Comcast technician came out to do a survey in the area for current customers and I found out that the change was recently made in this area not too long ago. The standard speeds available here are 12Mbps minimum and 16Mbps for an additional $10/month. Quite a speed boost from their old plans but how does any of this affect you?

Well if you live in an area where Comcast is your service provider, sooner or later, it sounds like they’re making this change permanent and is slowly expanding from area to area. I have no doubt this is to compete against Verizon FIOS (fiber optic) internet which currently offer 15Mbps for roughtly the same price range you would pay for the 16Mbps comcast internet. If you’re like me, where some of your business rely heavily on having internet since it’s an online base business, fast internet speeds is sometimes not considered a luxury but a necessity.

In addition to having internet at home, I will be looking into Sprint’s Mobile Broadband Wireless Internet card and a few other mobile broadband carriers. Currently for around $60 per month, they offer 3Mbps wireless anywhere anytime (at least areas that can receive a signal similar to that of a cell phone). It’s convenient because it’s internet on the go and you never have to worry about not having it whether you’re traveling and is on a road trip, out of town on vacation, or somewhere else where internet may not be readily available otherwise. Having both a home base internet and a wireless internet (which also has a built in router capability of it’s own) is a great resource for those who work online. If you have an internet base business, consider looking into the wireless broadband as well.

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Six Year Old Gets Credit Card

June 18, 2008 – 12:41 pm

I finally got my new internet installed! Although the internet plan states I get 16Mbps download and 1Mbps upload, I am happy to announce I actually got about 28Mbps download and a little under 5Mbps upload. For you non-geek folks out there, this is EXTREMELY blazing fast internet, faster than anything I’ve had before. Although I can’t really say I feel a difference other than if someone is downloading, I can’t feel a dent in my connection which makes me extremely happy!

Moving on with today’s post, a six-year old got approved for a credit card. I want to note this isn’t the first time something like this has happened and I’ve read elsewhere that even a tree (yes a tree) has gotten approved for a credit card before. Long story short, you can read the original story here: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/credit.card.kids.2.750473.html

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Brass TV

June 17, 2008 – 01:34 am

I still haven’t gotten internet installed yet so I’m on someone’s free wifi for 2 more days (can’t really complain at the moment). In any event, here is a quick update for you guys.

If you’ve read my Road to Success post, then you’ll know who Bryan Sims is. My buddy Bryan recently just launched another branch of Brass called Brass TV which can be found at the ShareBrass website. He emailed me in hopes to get the word out. Bryan was named one of the top 25 entrepreneurs under 25 by business week and by all means is a great entrepreneur. Watch the video below to find out more about Brass TV.

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Quick Update

June 14, 2008 – 03:31 am

Sorry for the lack of update guys. I’ve been pretty busy with everything going on. I’d like to report that I have officially made the move and now currently resides in Seattle, WA. I officially moved up here since June 1st but never really settled in. The day right after I moved in, my friend and business partner came over from San Francisco, CA to visit. We attended the SMX conference that same week and did a group meet up with local enterpreneurs from Seattle which was pretty cool. Overall there was a total of 11 people who attended including myself. We had over 30 registered members and 3 guests but due to location confusion, I think many people ended up missing the meeting. I moved the meeting to a new location so hopefully things will go more smoothly for the second meeting in July. If you’re in the Seattle metro area and is interested, send me a message.

Aside from that, I’ve gone back and forth between Washington and Oregon to take care of business about 4 times now in the last 14 days! Hopefully this will be my last trip back. I also had to order new internet service which won’t be installed until this upcoming Wednesday. Right now I am still back in Oregon but will return to Seattle on Sunday. Wednesday my new internet service will arrive with a blazing speed of 16Mbps! In addition to all that’s been going on, I took the train for the first time this week which was an experience all of it’s own. I’ll be posting pictures and details about that shortly so stay tune. More on regular posting to come after Wednesday.

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3 Cars and a Tree

May 24, 2008 – 02:40 am

I found this on Yahoo today… What are the odds?! LOL

About 2 hours ago a HUGE TREE on my property fell on top of ALL 3 of my cars…. parked in my driveway at home!

I have State Farm Insurance + Insurance on all my cars. HOWEVER, I’m not sure if this was an “Act of God” or not. We have a no frills policy, meaning it’s just the basics… no extra tornado or flood insurance.. but a tornado/flood didn’t cause this anyway.

I called State Farm, they gave a claim number and said someone would come to my house in a “timely manner.” When I asked what that meant, they said “Anywhere between 1 hour and a few days” ARGHHHHHHHH!

I can’t even move my cars! This tree was a gigantic + healthy tree.

There was NO storm or wind, or anything like that. We did have some light rain last nite… but it was VERY light, not enough by a long shot to knock over a 40 ft. tree!

I don’t want to call my CAR insurance place because we’re talking about 3 cars and the amount would be outrageous!

Does this sound like something HOME OWNERS would cover? HELP!!??

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