AND IT CAN ROCK YOURS OFF TOO! I’ve officially owned a business now for a couple weeks. It has changed the way I talk with people and it has changed the way I look at things. 1: I look at money differently. Is this money better spent eating out, or should I buy supplies for Duchess and Duke?  2: I look at people differently. When someone at work gives me flippant attitude I no longer take it personal. I think of them as crabby little people with nothing else going on and nothing better ... Read Full Story

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich. – Ralph Waldo Emerson My friends don’t get it. They can’t understand my passion, and my drive. I tried to encourage them to stop playing computer games or watching tv – and to work towards financial freedom, but they don’t listen. How can they? They don’t have the same crystal clear vision of what they want.  Most people it seems are lost. Trying to ... Read Full Story

To explain my progress let me show you my downfall. 1: November 2002 Forget to fill out any college applications – which lands me in community college. After becoming disillusioned drop out of school and get a job at a coffee shop. 2: November 2004 Get a job as a teller with a bank which leads to a promotion six months later as a loan officer and the peak of the real estate market. I got in just when everybody was just finishing wiping their mouths and moving back into used auto sales.... Read Full Story

Buy this book from Amazon ONLY 8 BUCKS! When it comes to choosing your entity there are many options available. The pros and cons are complicated but I’ll attempt to break it down for you here. There are Sole Proprietorships, General Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships, C-Corporations and S-Corporations. Sole Proprietorships: Require little to no start up or experience. Simply apply for a business license with the local authori... Read Full Story

My name is Richard Spicer. This website is owned and operated by my corporation, Duchess and Duke Inc. This is what I’ll use to inspire you to do the same things that I’ve done and am in the process of executing. Just what am I about? I’m about freedom. I’m about being debt free and about working as hard as you can, but for yourself and for nobody else. With the near limitless resources available there is no reason at all for you to work for someone that you don’... Read Full Story

I have owned my own business for precisely a week now and am completely flabbergasted at how much better my life has become. Rather than taking orders, I’m giving them. Rather than providing excellent customer service I’m getting it. Now people are pretty much offering me the world in the hopes that I will hire them. I’ve taken phone calls, and gotten emails from people submitting offers to me. It kicks so much ass it’s ridiculous. I’m also finding that when you ... Read Full Story

I am reading Walden currently. A thought crossed my mind about the nature of community. I am terrified of strangers, not to the extreme that I am scared to go outside - although I wouldn’t go out at night in certain areas. By afraid I mean, leaving a baseball game last night in a crowd, my wife handed me her pepper spray in case we ran into any trouble in the parking lot. Or, I take protecting my home seriously and spend time just about once a month at the range, perfecting my aim with ... Read Full Story

When I came out on the other side of the fence, I knew something was wrong. I had a bumpy flight and coming out of that pod, I just had a feeling like my guts were rotting. I was supposed to be inside of a warehouse, but when I got there and it was just field my stomach sank to the bottom of my feet. I found comfort in the fact that there were roads. We call it redeye because we all travel at night. The process by which we travel consumes a lot of power and power usage is lowest at night so ... Read Full Story

My name is Oden Flagship. I have started this blog in an attempt to solve a puzzle that at this point in time seems completely and utterly unsolvable. What you will learn over the coming days and months and possibly years may seem impossible. Humorous at best, lunatic at worst. The details I release will be scant in the beginning but may grow deeper as time passes and my desperation increases. What I will tell you is that two years ago I was released after four years in a mental institution.... Read Full Story

Today I had chinese food for lunch. I opened up my box of food and ripped into the soy sauce. There before me sat the single most enraging reminder of life in America I was to witness all day. ALLERGEN WARNING: SOY, WHEAT - And I thought to myself…Seriously? Is this how brain dead we’ve become as a society? We have to be told that if we’re allergic to soy we might want to stay away from soy sauce? Enter the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 - Ridicu... Read Full Story