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Why do you want to be rich? That's a great question. And your answer probably includes a lot of the payoffs associated with the luxurious lifestyles of the rich and famous. Nice cars. Travel. Sexy people. Fame. Envy. A feeling of having succeeded. These things are pretty awesome. So why do you want to be rich? What is better about being rich rather than being poor? Take a moment and answer that question for yourself.

About a year ago I had a conversation with a very good friend of mine about how some people seem to be "Born to be King!" while other people who are capable of being king, end up being the "King Maker". The king and the king maker. There are other types of people in the world as well. You could call them servants, peasants, knights, or whatever. I want to explore the question of king versus king maker.

Alcoholics have one, and so do drug abusers. Now people addicted to e-mail also have a 12-step program designed to tackle their obsession.

Following are the 12 steps of a plan devised by executive coach Marsha Egan in Pennsylvania to teach people how to manage their e-mail:

I have this friend who is always angry. I don't know why. She just sees everything in life as an obstacle. My guess is that she is unhappy with herself and this is her way of making it someone else's fault. After all, that is the American way ... everything is someone else's fault, right? But that's another discussion.

Anyway, I was thinking about this and noticed a similar behavior in my cats. I have three cats, all with different personalities. One cat, Snowy, has nothing to do with this story. The other two, Smokey and Tin-Tin, are the subjects of this story.