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Merry Christmas 2021
Merry Christmas readers! I appreciate the time you have taken to visit the website and read the articles. It is, after all, why I write here. This year has been, in many ways, a continuation of 2020 with COVID-19 fresh … Read the rest
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Vacations & Time Off – Be Sure to Use/Enjoy Them
The Wealth Series ***Updated for 2025*** As part of what I’ve called The Wealth Series, I think vacations and time off are important to your enjoyment and health. The human body isn’t meant to continuously … Read the rest
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Don’t know what you want to do for a living? Get a job
***Updated for 2023*** Don’t know what you want to do for a living? Get a job Seriously – get a job – any job at all. Are you getting ready to graduate from high school? Already graduated? Are you looking … Read the rest
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Happy Labor Day 2021
Happy Labor Day everyone! I have been really busy these past couple of months and suspect it will remain this way throughout the rest of the year – but thought I’d drop a line or two real quick discussing the … Read the rest
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Education Vs. Experience Part 1: Which Is More Valuable?
The Versus Series ***Updated for 2025*** *NOTE: This is Part 1 of a series on education vs experience.* Part 2 is located right here. For years now, there has been an argument brewing on this … Read the rest
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Right to Work part 3: Safety
*Note: This is part 3 in a mini series on right to work.* For this post, we are going to examine some of the claims made regarding the correlation between right to work and worker safety. More specifically, I want … Read the rest
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Classes – not degrees – enhance an individual
This topic inadvertently came to mind while I was writing another post, which seems to be the genesis for many of my articles here recently. I began to articulate in the other post the idea that classes and not degrees … Read the rest
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Right to work part 2: Financial ramifications
*NOTE: This is part 2 of a mini series in the topic of right to work. Click here for Part 1.* Right to work at the worker level The economic policy institute published an article back in 2015 and they … Read the rest
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The 4 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
The Leadership Series NOTE: This article is part 5 of a series on Leadership here at The Wealthy Ironworker Foundational Leadership Truths Leadership and The Three Areas of Your Life Personal & Professional Development in … Read the rest
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Right to work part 1
Welcome to the first of many posts I am calling the right to work series. I have been in the skilled trades (as opposed to management, office, white collar – whatever you wish to call it) for 20 years now … Read the rest
