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Will Your New Friend Be Warren Buffett, Harry Potter…Or Tony Soprano?

Posted by Larry Schwimmer on September 3, 2013 | 0 Comments

A Friend for a Season, a Reason or a Lifetime?

Wherever Pluto is in your birth chart you’re engaged in the process of radically transforming yourself. If it’s transiting your 11th House it’s time to transform your friendships and the groups that you socialize in.

During this period of your life, you’ll feel an intense passion to socialize that will result in your being attracted to new activities and groups that you relate to and identify with. As your ideals and goals change, you may be attracted to new friends of depth with similar ambitions. This is when you may meet powerful and influential friends who will have a profound effect on you and what you accomplish. Since shallow and superficial relationships will no longer be satisfying, you’ll want to be with people who share your passion and intensity.

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How To Ask For A Raise…Without Getting Fired!

Posted by Larry Schwimmer on August 23, 2013 | 0 Comments

Yes, these are tough economic times. The job market always seems to be tight. But if you’re like most people, you’re working hard in your job and often long hours. And, assuming you are good at what you do: Are you being paid what you’re worth? Would you like to make more money? Do you have a salary review coming up? Here’s some information you need to know to get the raise you deserve.

Let’s begin by acknowledging the reality of the world most people work in. There are various corporate political games that are played in most companies and organizations. One of the most important to you: the Raise Game.

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Take the Bus…Not the Jet to Nirvana

Posted by Larry Schwimmer on August 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

Are You Inspired or Confused?

Here’s a simple test: When Jehovah witnesses ring your bell…do you answer? If so, do you invite them up for a cup of coffee to hear their message? Do you end your sentences with, “Praise the Lord!” Are you following a particular guru who’s showing you the true path? Do you feel sure that you are “one with the universe?” Are you questioning whether God exists? Or, are you wondering what it even means to be spiritual?

Thanks to the transiting planet, Neptune, this may be the time when you find answers to your questions.

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Life Begins at 29 – Just Ask Hugh Hefner

Posted by Larry Schwimmer on August 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

A mind-blowing event that will change your life, happens when you are 29

It’s called your Saturn Return and here’s what this experience is about. Close your eyes and flashback to your late teens and twenties. You’re enjoying your freedom and experimenting, as you make your way into the world. You’ve left school and probably your parent’s home. You’ve started your career and taken a job where you could express your creativity, make a difference, or just make a lot of money. You’re living on your own in an apartment you share with roommates. Life is good as you meet with the gang for some volleyball and a barbecue at the park. It’s fun staying out late into the night, partying at all hours of the morning. You’re enjoying the carefree life of being single, with a minimum of responsibilities, doing what you damn well please.

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Why Am I Attracted to Bad Boys (and Bad Girls)?

Posted by Larry Schwimmer on July 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

How to Avoid Toxic Relationships That Go Nowhere

Unfortunately, more and more people find themselves in harmful and destructive relationships. Clients will tell me they repeatedly have love relationships with a person who later turns out to be abusive or addictive in some way. One woman said she frequently meets men who are initially exciting and interesting, only to find out later they are “drunks, liars or cheaters.” A man said he continually dates women who are “gold-diggers,” only interested in his wealth.

Some people actually have a predisposition to “subconsciously” attract unhealthy relationships into their life. They seem to have a magnetic compass that draws them to abusive or codependent relationships. For example, one person (or both), in an unhealthy way, is psychologically dependent on the other person who might be engaged in some type of self-destructive behavior (including drug addiction). Why does this happen? And, if you have this tendency, what can you do about it?

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Mercury Retrograde: The $1 Billion Dollar Mistake

Posted by Larry Schwimmer on July 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Even a die-hard skeptic can’t deny a phenomenon that coincides with the reality and facts

That phenomenon is called, Mercury Retrograde. During the three weeks that it occurs, baseball general managers make the worst trades of their career. Over the past three years, GMs have signed $1 billion dollars in bad contracts during Mercury Retrograde.

After 35 years of studying Astrology and observing the business of baseball, I began to notice that the worst player contracts were consistently signed (or negotiated) during this planetary event.

If you’re a traditional sports fan, you may be rolling your eyes and wondering, “What the hell is Mercury Retrograde?” Well, it’s an astrological event that happens three to four times a year when sharp, intelligent baseball executives—who are responsible for annual player budgets of $100 to $200 million—make very bad signing decisions.

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