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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.166 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:43:41 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Journal</title><subtitle>Journal</subtitle><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-09-01T19:17:14Z</updated><generator uri="http://five.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.166 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>What Impacts Your Financial Habits (Part 3 of 3)</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/what-impacts-your-financial-habits-part-3-of-3.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/what-impacts-your-financial-habits-part-3-of-3.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-09-01T19:15:20Z</published><updated>2010-09-01T19:15:20Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Commitment is potentially the one thing that separates success from failure.  It occurs to me that success is a result of a great level of commitment.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>What Impacts Your Financial Habits (Part 2 of 3)</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/what-impacts-your-financial-habits-part-2-of-3.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/what-impacts-your-financial-habits-part-2-of-3.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-08-25T20:55:46Z</published><updated>2010-08-25T20:55:46Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Another thing that impacts your habits is your birth order.  Firstborn children tend to be very driven.  They tend to be goal-oriented.  The baby of the family, on the other hand, can tend to allow others to do things for him.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>What Impacts Your Financial Habits (Part 1 of 3)</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/what-impacts-your-financial-habits-part-1-of-3.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/what-impacts-your-financial-habits-part-1-of-3.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-08-19T21:31:01Z</published><updated>2010-08-19T21:31:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[What impacts your habits?  Certainly your environment and your peer group impact your habits.  Ask yourself, “With whom do I spend my time?  Do they support me in a positive way?  Is my peer group negative and non-supportive?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Execution (Part 3 of 3)</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/execution-part-3-of-3.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/execution-part-3-of-3.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-08-02T21:27:17Z</published><updated>2010-08-02T21:27:17Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Identify your challenge—a high performance challenge.  If you have taken the time to write down your goals, it is time now to formulate your plan to achieve your goals and attach a task...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Execution (Part 2 of 3)</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/execution-part-2-of-3.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/execution-part-2-of-3.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-07-29T21:30:01Z</published><updated>2010-07-29T21:30:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Execution is all about leadership.  Execution is the leader’s job.

Leaders require followers. Pushing, abdicating, presiding, or not being around, doesn’t work. Nobody cares about your financial results more than you do...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Execution (Part 1 of 3)</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/execution-part-1-of-3.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/execution-part-1-of-3.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-07-26T20:33:10Z</published><updated>2010-07-26T20:33:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Execution is all about turning your vision into reality. Execution is the systematic process of rigorously discussing how’s, and what’s, questioning, tenaciously following through, and ensuring accountability.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Tips to Improve Your Credit</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/tips-to-improve-your-credit.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/tips-to-improve-your-credit.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-07-20T21:45:55Z</published><updated>2010-07-20T21:45:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[If you want to continue to improve your credit score, consider making small credit purchases to enhance your credit standing.  It allows more activity to show on your report while keeping the amount owed manageable.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Habits of the Entrepreneur</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/habits-of-the-entrepreneur.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/habits-of-the-entrepreneur.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-07-13T22:03:50Z</published><updated>2010-07-13T22:03:50Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I thought it important to diverge a little bit and talk specifically about entrepreneurs and their habits.  Therefore, if you are an entrepreneur or you endeavor to be an entrepreneur, this chapter is all about you and the entrepreneurial spirit.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>What is Your "Why"!</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/what-is-your-why.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/what-is-your-why.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-07-07T20:16:28Z</published><updated>2010-07-07T20:16:28Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[As you develop a vision—a vision to which you can apply unyielding, committed effort toward—think in terms of “why”.   Most want to know “how.”  They want to know “how” to become financially free.  They want to know “how” to become rich.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Money... Its Not What It Used To Be!</title><id>http://stepholsen.com/journal/money-its-not-what-it-used-to-be.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://stepholsen.com/journal/money-its-not-what-it-used-to-be.html"/><author><name>Steph Olsen</name></author><published>2010-07-06T21:15:37Z</published><updated>2010-07-06T21:15:37Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Early on in my book, I made a statement that money isn’t what it used to be.  I want to expand on that statement so that we can get clear about the role money plays in our lives.  It used to be that you could stake a claim.]]></summary></entry></feed>