Career & Employment

When Earning $1 Million A Year Isn’t Enough To Retire Early

Is earning $1 million a year, at least a top 1% income, enough to retire early? Most would say yes. However, some people who earn $1 million a year having a hard time letting that money go. After all, all you’ve got to do is work one more year and you will make another $1 […]

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How One E-mail Almost Ruined My Severance Package And My Life

Sometimes an experience is so painful it’s helpful to try and forget it ever happened. But something recently transpired that has allowed me to relive my anxiety with all of you. It has to do with a severance package. This post is an important reminder about the dangers of written communication. Always be careful with what you

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A List Of Career-Limiting Moves To Blow Up Your Future

Avoid career-limiting moves if you want to get rich. Your career is likely your number one money-maker. If you blow up your career, you will likely blow up your finances. Unfortunately, if you blow up your finances, you will become a bitter person who decides to hate other people for their success. If you hate

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The Rise Of The Chief Content Officer: The Next Hot Job Of The Decade

Every year I tend to discover one significant thing that fish-slaps me in the face based on some sort of experience. This year, it’s the realization of the next high demand job of the decade: Chief Content Officer. You know how computer science and software engineering jobs have become all the rage over the past 10

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The Unhealthy Desire For Prestige And Money Is Ruining Your Life

There is an unhealthy desire for prestige and money that is ruining people’s lives. At the end of all the striving, you might end up feeling empty inside. The desire for prestige and money is why we: 1) spend an outrageous sum of money on education, 2) kill ourselves at jobs we don’t like, 3) put

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Don’t Join A Startup If You Want To Get Rich: Baremetrics Case Study

When everybody seems to be getting rich but you, it’s a disconcerting feeling. However, after 22 years of living in San Francisco, the startup capital of the world, I say that if you want to get rich, don’t join a startup. Instead, invest in startups through an open venture capital fund like the Fundrise Innovation

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Migrating To California From The Midwest Or The South For A Better Life

For the past 10 years, traffic for the post, West Coast Living: Yes It Really Is Better, has been increasing. In the past, people landing on this post would come mainly from the East Coast. However, this year, I’m seeing more people coming from the Midwest and the South. Migrating to California is picking up

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A Productive Morning May Make You Richer, But Not Always Happier

If you want to get ahead, have a productive morning. A productive morning will likely make you richer. Unfortunately, a productive morning might not always mak you happier. Let’s say the average person wakes up at 7 am and goes to bed at 11 pm. You decide to wake up at 5:30 am and work

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Should I Buy My Stock Options After Leaving A Startup?

Are you wondering whether you should buy your stock options after leaving a startup? This article will address whether you should or not. For background, I did buy my stock options when I left my startup after three years. It worked out well. A couple years ago, this one 28 year old woman I knew

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