Archive for November, 2007

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , November 28, 2007

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby
We often spend so much time to think about how to succeed that we forget to think about how to fail. But knowing how to fail is just as important as knowing how to succeed [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , November 26, 2007

Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.
Bil Keane
Is there any better time to start living your life to the max than today? I don’t think so. Today is a gift. It is the best time for you to live in, not yesterday [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , November 23, 2007

What do you have in mind when you hear the word “prosperity’? Many people associate it with being wealthy, and there is nothing wrong with that. But I believe prosperity is more than just being wealthy. Recently, I found a helpful concept on prosperity. C. Peter Wagner in his book The [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , November 21, 2007

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
George Bernard Shaw
One of the greatest resources you have is the biocomputer between your ears: your mind. Consequently, one the best investments you can make is honing [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , November 19, 2007

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, “Here [...]

By Donald Latumahina (follow me on Twitter) , November 16, 2007

I just finished reading The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing, and it is the best personal finance book I read this year. The book is very practical with tons of useful tips. It’s also witty which makes it fun to read. It’s philosophy of investing is long term with buy-and-hold strategy, and [...]