Career & Employment

Life Insurance Is A Reason Why Your Spouse Doesn’t Need To Work

I’ve faced interesting criticism for encouraging my wife to re-enter the workforce after she left in 2015. However, it’s important to clarify that she hasn’t been truly retired. Instead, she has been actively engaged as a full-time mom since 2017. In addition, she has helped do a lot of the operational and editorial work for […]

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Don’t Let Pride Get In The Way Of Taking Care Of Your Family

I once encountered an actor in Paris who had secured minor roles in significant films, courtesy of his friendship with Leonardo DiCaprio. Despite having the opportunity to continue with these smaller roles due to his connections, his pride led him to pursue larger roles. Regrettably, 10 years later, I haven’t seen him in a single

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The Excitement Of Living In A Big City Is Worth The Cost

A common suggestion people have made to help me regain my financial independence is to move to a cheaper area of the country or the world to save money. I’ve resisted relocating so far because I believe the excitement of living in a big city is worth the cost. I’ve lived in big cities all

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Inside Look At How HR Lays Off An Employee: Severance Insights

In a compelling TikTok video, Brittany Pietsch chronicles her own experience of being laid off at Cloudflare, a publicly-traded tech company. The call involves an HR (Human Resources) representative named Rosie and another man, presumably also from HR. The man begins by asserting that Brittany did not meet Cloudflare’s performance expectations, but Brittany interrupts him,

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10 Helpful Financial Moves To Make Every Year

The end of the year is always the best time to reflect and plan. I’d like to share several financial moves you should make before the new year in order to protect your wealth and hopefully grow your wealth in a risk-adjusted manner next year. Those of us who invested in stocks, real estate, and many

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Why Millennials Need To Earn $525,000 A Year To Feel Happy

Empower surveyed 2,304 U.S. adults about financial happiness. And one of the most fascinating data points from the survey was that Millennials need to earn $525,000 a year to feel happy! Obviously, this is just one survey that doesn’t reflect all ~73 million Millennials born between 1981 – 1996. However, the income figure needed to

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Why It’s So Hard To Leave San Francisco: Excitement, Fear, AI

I’ve been trying to leave San Francisco since 2014. After fake retiring in 2012, I thought it was only logical to move to a lower-cost area of the country, like Honolulu, to save money and be closer to my folks. Yes, Honolulu isn’t cheap, but it’s cheaper than San Francisco! Heowever, every time I try

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Example Of A Book Proposal That Should Have Been Accepted

So you want to publish the next great book! To do so you first need a book proposal. Back in late 2011, I spent hours putting together a book proposal for my severance negotiation strategy book, How To Engineer Your Layoff. After engineering my own layoff three months earlier, I had hoped to get a

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The Diversity Hire Dilemma: How To Get Paid Based On Identity, Not Merit

Now that the Supreme Court has outlawed affirmative action in college admissions, it’s time to look at the next layer of affirmative action: getting a job based on identity versus merit. This is the diversity hire dilemma some of you or your children might one day face. It is part of the DEI, or Diversity,

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The Difficulty Of Finding A Good Job After Retiring For Years

The longer you are retired, the harder it may be to find a job if you want to go back. In this article, I’d like to share the difficulties I’ve faced finding employment in a new field. My situation should help folks think more carefully about early retirement and staying out of the workforce for

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