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12-02-2010, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Under-Earners Anonymous
A bit strange, but perhaps it helps people realize their potential by facilitating the removal of self-imposed barriers. Does this mean that the Starbucks barrista down the street really WILL be the next Hunter S. Thompson? 
Love this last bit:
Who knows, UA is so new that there's no telling whether the whole lot of them might wind up zillionaires. Adam, for one, says he plans to earn $50,000 a month as a motivational speaker and sales trainer. For now? He'll settle for growing "incrementally saner."
a-program-for-poor-aholics: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
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12-02-2010, 07:24 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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symptoms of their condition: frittering away time, undercharging for services and neglecting to follow through on new opportunities.
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This sounds to me like classic adult ADD symptoms - lack of focus, low self esteem
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12-02-2010, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by travelover
This sounds to me like classic adult ADD symptoms - lack of focus, low self esteem
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So you're saying these folks could probably use a shrink rather than a pseudo-12 Step program?
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He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it . . . It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. -- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
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12-02-2010, 07:51 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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Originally Posted by travelover
This sounds to me like classic adult ADD symptoms - lack of focus, low self esteem
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Whaddya mean "adult ADD"? Heck, sounds more like someone who has settled comfortably into early retirement...
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...frittering away time, undercharging for services and neglecting to follow through on new opportunities.
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12-02-2010, 08:55 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
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12-02-2010, 09:06 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright
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"Hi, my name is Nords, and I'm a UA charter member..."
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I don't think I qualify because I don't have the give-a-#$% to go to the meetings. Just call me retired. Or lazy.
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12-02-2010, 09:15 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
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We always say that my bro really beat us to early retirement by not ever being able to hold down a job.
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12-02-2010, 11:54 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Originally Posted by Sarah in SC
We always say that my bro really beat us to early retirement by not ever being able to hold down a job.
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Heh....same here. 
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