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By Trent Hamm

There actually is a single secret ingredient to financial success. It’s extremely similar to the secret ingredient for career success, too. Yet so many people overlook it or, even worse, look down upon it.

The secret is hard work. I’ll give you a few examples of what I’m talking about.

I’ll start off with someone you might not expect: Kim Kardashian. The overwhelming impression of her that I get from a lot of people is that she’s a “worthless” socialite – or something similarly derogative.

What they’re not looking at is that this image that they have of her is one that she’s invested a lot of time in constructing. Why? Because there’s value in it. A lot of value. I might not necessarily like... More...