Motivation

Always Be Grinding! Financial Samurai 2017 Goals And Outlook

Always be grinding! Happy New Year Everyone! Hopefully all of you survived and are ready to rock it in 2017! I spent a lot of time over the holidays thinking about why I failed at so many things, and the consistent answer I came up with was that I wasn’t grinding hard enough. Why did I […]

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Financial Samurai 2016 Year In Review: Better Lucky Than Good

It’s always fun to do a year in review post because it’s interesting to review all the failures! I’m always so enthusiastic about my goals during the beginning of the year and I inevitably lose steam towards the end. Does this happen to any of you? Let’s dive into my 2016 year in review. For 2016, I

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Hawaiian Hustle: Sometimes Life Is All About Coconuts

I’m sadly finishing up my 10-day business offsite in Honolulu, Hawaii. It’s only about 50 degrees back home in San Francisco, which is disappointing given I’m paying 10% state income tax along with a boat load of property tax. States should adjust their tax rates based on the weather don’t you think? Otherwise, what’s the point of

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The Time When World Series MVP Ben Zobrist Was Almost My Tenant

Do you remember the article in 2015 called, “What Type Of People Spend Over $100,000 A Year On Rent?” I decided to document all of the open house prospects this time around to see who would be crazy enough to spend that much on rent instead of buy. It turns out plenty of people! One of

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Change Your Perspective To Increase Your Happiness

If you want to increase your happiness, you must change your perspective. Let me share with you a simple example of how a change in perspective immediately boosted my happiness. When an ambulance zooms by, sirens blazing, do you feel happy or sad? For the longest time, I felt sad. I’d imagine someone convulsing on

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Improve Productivity An Extra Seven Hours A Week

The more productive you are, generally, the richer and happier you will be. Let’s discuss how we can all improve productivity quite easily with an extra seven hours a week. I’ve been a little more active on Twitter recently and I noticed something quite interesting.  Starting at around 10pm PST, the chatter goes silent. I tend

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Why Tough Love Is Important When It Comes To Your Finances

Years ago, I once knew someone who was unhappy with her husband. Let’s call her Nancy. To fill her void, Nancy went on dates with various men while her husband stayed late at work. At the cafeteria one day, Nancy mentioned she was falling in love with one of her men named Jack. Jack was handsome, single, charming, and

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Step As Close To The Edge As Possible To Love Your Life More

If you go close to the edge, you’ll realize what’s possible. In my quest to make my life worse, to ultimately make life more enjoyable, I’ve continued to look for full-time work to test my resolve.  Every time I step into an interview room, I change my mindset from a guy with financial freedom, to a

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