One thing that I heard on one of your PodCasts, I think it was 88 with Matt and Liz Faircloth, that really impacted me was that they basically said that your Mission Statement should not be focused on money but giving back to society and others!  

Do NOT pay for it, you are walking backwards in your mission to build wealth.

They are selling in the " Marketplace" both are " market focused " with mission to get HIGHEST RETURN.!

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Now I just stay focused on my mission, If she wants to know something about what I'm doing, then I'll go on a rant about it to try to explain as much as possible before she tells me to shut the heck up!

We know our mission.

Mission) and finding the right investment / development strategies to accomplish this.It seems like we (investors) start looking for a return first, and then an outcome second.

It's certainly a thin line to walk keeping posts open to opinions in an open forum, but grade school playground comments aren't constructive and don't promote the intent of the site in it's stated mission and purpose.Joel's post is a good caution.

I'd be a dentist and make some money then invest part time making a transition to what I loved doing.While I don't totally regret my Army service (especially as much as when I was in, LOL) it wasn't my greatest earning years, I paid a price so to speak that made me more successful, mission oriented, self control, determination, mental endurance, mental toughness, self confidence and a mature bearing all contributed to what followed.

However, from day one it was our mission to the best.