Carr adds that information technology and the formation of Internet restaurant supply companies have provided all buyers
with a greater wealth of knowledge.
With the great wealth of knowledge I'd accumulated, I realized I could place my paw print in the lives of other people who might be struggling with the same things I went through.
The US also was blessed
with a great wealth of natural resources.
Not exact matches
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I am so proud and excited to share Episode 109
with you, as I know it will open your mind, not just about money and
wealth, but about the way to become
great in all parts
of your life.
He iced out his rivals by charging many
of them
with corruption, extracting forfeitures
of great sums
of wealth that the Saudi government claims were ill - gotten.
Beijing has proposed
greater oversight on
wealth management products, estimated to be worth some 29 trillion yuan ($ 4.39 trillion) outstanding at the end
of 2016,
with 80 percent off the books.
First, the median net worth
of families
with EPP assets is substantially
greater than that
of families
with no EPP assets, and families
with EPP assets are likely to have significantly more housing
wealth than families without EPP assets.
The
great wealth boom
of the past few decades is now fueling a super-charged era
of big philanthropy,
with many new, deep - pocketed donors emerging
with ambitious plans.
I know first hand
of one
of the world's most celebrated
wealth management companies that charges clients roughly 1 %
of assets each year, and then parks a
great deal
of the money into S&P 500 index funds
with expense ratios
of 1 % to 1.25 % (compared to less than 0.10 % for an industry leader such as Vanguard).
I think most
of their customers are people who have been disenfranchised for a long time by traditional
wealth managers who charge much more and do much less, and from their perspective, I can see why going
with PC would be a
great decision.
«This
great distinction, along
with our leading scores across a wide breadth
of client - service categories, is grounded in our client - centric and collaborative culture and the unparalleled breadth and depth
of wealth - planning advice and solutions we bring to our high net worth families.»
[16:00] Pain + reflection = progress [16:30] Creating a meritocracy to draw the best out
of everybody [18:30] How to raise your probability
of being right [18:50] Why we are conditioned to need to be right [19:30] The neuroscience factor [19:50] The habitual and environmental factor [20:20] How to get to the other side [21:20]
Great collective decision - making [21:50] The 5 things you need to be successful [21:55] Create audacious goals [22:15] Why you need problems [22:25] Diagnose the problems to determine the root causes [22:50] Determine the design for what you will do about the root causes [23:00] Decide to work
with people who are strong where you are weak [23:15] Push through to results [23:20] The loop
of success [24:15] Ray's new instinctual approach to failure [24:40] Tony's ritual after every event [25:30] The review that changed Ray's outlook on leadership [27:30] Creating new policies based on fairness and truth [28:00] What people are missing about Ray's culture [29:30] Creating meaningful work and meaningful relationships [30:15] The importance
of radical honesty [30:50] Thoughtful disagreement [32:10] Why it was the relationships that changed Ray's life [33:10] Ray's biggest weakness and how he overcame it [34:30] The jungle metaphor [36:00] The dot collector — deciding what to listen to [40:15] The wanting
of meritocratic decision - making [41:40] How to see bubbles and busts [42:40] Productivity [43:00] Where we are in the cycle [43:40] What the Fed will do [44:05] We are late in the long - term debt cycle [44:30] Long - term debt is going to be squeezing us [45:00] We have 2 economies [45:30] This year is very similar to 1937 [46:10] The top tenth
of the top 1 %
of wealth = bottom 90 % combined [46:25] How this creates populism [47:00] The economy for the bottom 60 % isn't growing [48:20] If you look at averages, the country is in a bind [49:10] What are the overarching principles that bind us together?
«
With extensive experience leading
wealth management firms in Canada, and her deep knowledge
of the Ontario and Quebec markets in particular, we see a
great fit in supporting our business in those regions.»
Though
wealth comes suddenly for a few, the
great majority
of people will win
with money by having a «tortoise over hare» approach to money.
LONDON — He is a little - known Saudi prince from a remote branch
of the royal family,
with no history as a major art collector, and no publicly known source
of great wealth.
«We have identified a
great firm in Sterne Agee to bolster our Global
Wealth Management group
with the addition
of more than 700 financial advisors and independent representatives increasing advisor professionals by 35 %.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid
of your fear
of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The
greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think
of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story
of the billionaire upset over another's
wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story
of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story
of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance
of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself
with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15]
Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome
of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit
of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate
with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit
of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out
of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out
of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing
with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out
of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying
with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?
With the wealthiest Americans better positioned to take advantage
of the gains, the
wealth of upper - income households in 2013 rose to 6.5 times
greater than that
of middle - income households, up from 4.5 times in 2007, according to the Pew Research Center.
If a Canadian entrepreneur has an idea
with potential to generate
great wealth, ownership
of this idea will be decided in courts beyond Canada, by foreign judicial and geopolitical systems designed to make another country prosperous.
Where
great wealth and power are at stake markets go out the window and are replaced
with the competition
of wealth and power against
wealth and power between the elites for those things they consider
of greater inportence to themselves
, money's most important role is that it gives options and solves problems, and there are way too many stories
of successful individuals doing
great things
with their
wealth to make this world a better place that go unreported.
In sophisticated economies, the impact
of consumption may be less than in emerging economies that are largely import - export driven, but the consumption magnitude is even more pronounced due to both a
greater wealth effect and standard
of living that enable individuals to spend more freely
with disposable income.
If someone handed me $ 10,000,000
with the imperative to construct a portfolio that will, comprehensively, make money in all environments, increase
wealth by at least 5 % in excess
of the rate
of inflation over the long term, and do it in a way that the total dividends paid out would be
greater each year, these are the companies I would choose.
My friend said the message he was trying to impart to the grandchildren, all
of whom have grown up
with greater wealth than most
of us, the values
of hard work and taking nothing for granted.
This gives me an opportunity to keep a closer eye on developments within my portfolio and likewise to generate
greater discussion
with readers as I have found this to be one
of the most effective ways to increase my own efficacy as a steward
of the
wealth I have thus far accumulated.
«Asia - Pacific is expected to continue to lead global growth and pass North America as the region
with the highest HNWI population by the end
of 2014 and the
greatest HNWI
wealth by 2015.»
Growing pressures on the availability
of industrial land will increasingly conflict
with Greater Vancouver's role as a preferred gateway to Asia and the jobs and
wealth this trade creates.
Another
great resource
with a
wealth of information about various neighborhoods is neighborhood scout.
Many people tout the virtues
of stock investing, especially because history shows that the stock market has provided one
of the
greatest sources
of long - term
wealth,
with compounded returns averaging 10 percent per year over the past 100 years.
It's
great to have your home paid off, but
with no income and a large part
of your
wealth tied up in your home, how would you make ends meet.
The more recent phase
of bachelorhood, sustained by the libertinism
of the American sexual revolution, sprang forth
with the
great wealth showered upon Americans after World War II and was, to an astonishing degree, the creation
of two well - published sex zealots, Alfred Kinsey and Hugh Hefner.
Croesus» hubris results in the loss
of his kingdom, and his freedom, to Cyrus, who in turn repeats the pattern: After gaining
great wealth, he decides - even though Croesus himself warns him against it - to invade a poor country, and he loses not only the war
with the Massagetae but also his life.
This is for you yeah you hateful little bigot About this time the Sodomites grew proud, on account
of their riches and
great wealth; they became unjust towards men, and impious towards God, insomuch that they did not call to mind the advantages they received from him: they hated strangers, and abused themselves
with Sodomitical practices.
The culture
of consumerism and the chase for material symbols
of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit
of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire
with the
greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit
of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse
of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network
of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture
of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit
of substantive justice.
About this time the Sodomites grew proud, on account
of their riches and
great wealth; they became unjust towards men, and impious towards God, insomuch that they did not call to mind the advantages they received from him: they hated strangers, and abused themselves
with Sodomitical practices.
The
great issues
of our time are moral: the uses
of power;
wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character
of society; loss
of the sense
of the common good in tandem
with the pampering
of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system
of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation
of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization
of many societies; continued racism; the persistence
of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims
of future generations.
His parables frequently end
with a «punch line» that presents a challenge to conventional expectation: the scorned Samaritan is the «good» one who proves neighbor to the victim on the Jericho Road; those who come to work late at the harvest are provided the same reward as those who toiled all day; the wayward prodigal son is the one who is feasted; the prayer
of a repentant sinner is more acceptable to God than that
of a righteous Pharisee.9 Shorter sayings make the same point: A camel could pass through a needle's eye more easily than a person
of great wealth can enter into God's inbreaking realm (Mt 19:24).
There is a
great wealth of meaning and truth in the words
of Paul, «Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.»
Three times it is said that the kings
of the earth commit fornication
with the
great harlot, the city
of greed and lust (17:2; 18:3, 9), But in the end the kings
of the earth bring their glory, their
wealth and power, into the holy city.
Wealth is not a bad thing; how many of God's followers did he bless with great wealth in gold, cattle, land
Wealth is not a bad thing; how many
of God's followers did he bless
with great wealth in gold, cattle, land
wealth in gold, cattle, land, etc?
In his reference to the camel and the needle's eye, it is hardly likely that he denied all access to the Kingdom to the rich, but this arresting hyperbole states
with great vividness the spiritual dangers and temptations
of wealth.
«ABOUT this time the Sodomites grew proud, on account
of their riches and
great wealth; they became unjust towards men, and impious towards God, insomuch that they did not call to mind the advantages they received from him: they hated strangers, and abused themselves
with Sodomitical practices.
He remarks that, were we to re-read Smith's «
great book», The
Wealth of Nations,
with proper attention, we could learn from his «interesting mind» a lot more than «its owner wished to teach us».
Our very Constitution binds us, that is to say, the very breath
of our political nostrils binds us, to disown all distinctions among men, to disregard persons, to disallow privilege the most established and sacred, to legislate only for the common good, no longer for those accidents
of birth or
wealth or culture which spiritually individualize man from his kind, but only for those
great common features
of social want and dependence which naturally unite him
with his kind, and inexorably demand the organization
of such unity....
At several points he touches upon the paradoxes
of modern urbanism and the tragic ironies
of our cultural attitude toward cities: although we now have more individual freedom, technical ability, and, arguably, social equity, we do not live in places as hospitable to human beings as were our cities
of the past; we are pragmatists who build shoddily; our current obsession
with historic preservation is the flip side
of our utter lack
of confidence in our ability to build well; while cultures
with shared ascetic ideals and transcendent orientation built
great cities and produced
great landscapes, modern culture's expressive ideals, dogmatic public secularism, and privatized religiosity produce for us, even
with our vast
wealth, only private luxury, a spoiled countryside, and a public realm that is both venal and incoherent; above all, we simultaneously idolize nature and ruin it.
Jesus» imagination did not concern itself
with pictures
of the overthrow
of wealth or
with hopes
of achieving still
greater splendors.
Preston (1991), who values the economic efficiency
of the market, nevertheless acknowledges that left to itself the market leads to
great inequalities
of wealth and is unable to cope
with environmental degradation such as is caused by industrial pollution.
I wish to thank T. Collin, J. P. Winter, B. Bourges, and L. Roussel for the
wealth of their reflections that nourished this project and express my
great gratitude to Joel Amar for his invaluable assistance
with this essay.
As the calls for Mitt Romney to release his tax returns grow louder, and concerns about his undisclosed millions in offshore accounts increase, I wonder how the presumptive Republican nominee reconciles his
great, secret stores
of wealth with the principles
of his Mormon faith.