This move is part of a broader restructuring effort. They’re streamlining operations and sharpening the company’s focus on AI. The layoffs follow a previous reduction of about 6,000 positions in May 2025. Which brings the total number of job cuts at Microsoft this year to over 15,000. That’s around 7% of its workforce.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prepare to count cryptocurrency as an asset for a mortgage.
This week on Hidden Secrets Revealed – Live! ™
U.S. Director of Federal Housing FHFA ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prepare their businesses to count cryptocurrency as an asset for a mortgage.
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Today on Hidden Secrets Revealed – Live! ™
(previously recorded live last Wednesday)
Texas Instruments (TI) plans to invest over $60 billion in seven U.S. semiconductor plants in Texas and Utah. It’s the largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in U.S. history. How will this impact Multifamily real estate in Sherman and Richardson, Texas, and Lehi, Utah?
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Methods of Prosperity 48
TL;DR
Sam Walton opened a Ben Franklin variety store franchise in 1945. He engaged in fierce competition with the Sterling store across the street. His main tactic was undercutting prices on items like ladies’ underwear. Sam Walton innovated by buying direct from manufacturers. Thereby saving 25% and passing those savings to customers. Which laid the groundwork for Walmart’s business model. It was against the rules not to buy wholesale from his franchisor. Sam went around them, buying direct from alternative suppliers. His store became one of the top performers in the region. He attracted customers with a popcorn machine. He took out a loan for an ice cream machine, which proved to be profitable. His strategic moves included intercepting a lease for expansion before his competitor could. This led his store to become the largest in Arkansas with annual sales reaching $250,000. After five years of success, his landlord did not renew his lease. Instead, he offered to buy Sam out....
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There I was. I’d already hit rock bottom. After chasing the dream of being a rock star without the discipline and raw talent, it sent determination down a misguided path. Around the economic crisis of 2008, the lack of financial literacy and spiritual bankruptcy put me on a downward spiral. There was no where else to go but up.
Informed by the limited knowledge available at the time, going to art school to learn advertising looked like the perfect way to focus my creative skills, which would result in landing a lucrative job at a high profile ad agency – so I hoped. The reality was a counter example of the story that going to college is guaranteed to make you successful. Of course, there are no guarantees in life, except that there are no guarantees. The fact I missed going in was that the reason I didn’t get an impressive degree in the first place. I was given the wrong information. I didn’t yet know how to make money, how to keep it, or how to multiply it. However, I was still willing to bet on myself.
Life is not pass or fail. Lessons are repeated until you learn them. Even though at that time I ended up back where I started, selling cosmetics at department stores, this time I started a business from my passion: art. I also got into acting for a while until the pandemic hit. Next time someone advises you to follow your passion, you should completely ignore them. Do not follow your passion. Follow the money. Learn a marketable skill that there’s a demand for.
When I realized it was not only financial literacy that I needed, but it was also an environment of likeminded, success-oriented people that I could associate with in order to encourage each other and be held accountable to each other, a new world of abundance opened up to me. I invested in a conference where entrepreneurs sold several millions of dollars worth of products from the stage. One in particular is the founder of a digital marketing SaaS company. That was when I discovered digital marketing, and I became obsessed with it.
Now times have changed. All business has been forced to pivot. All arts have also been forced to go digital. My intention is to be who I am, and help anyone along the way who recognizes that not everyone is going to like you, which is great. If everyone liked you, you wouldn’t be challenging any status quo. No one can be certain of their future plans anymore. The reality is we don’t have to be certain. Instead, we can determine what is true, what is possible, what is probable, and go from there to activate the best outcome.
