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Financial Samurai 2019 Economic Outlook And Personal Goals

Happy 2019 everyone! This is the Financial Samurai 2019 economic outlook and personal goals. With my 2018 finishing with 3.8 4.0 out of 5.0 stars, I’ve thought long and hard about how I can make 2019 better. I’ve found a solution. My 2019 theme is: live the good life. If you live the good life, how can […]

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Financial Samurai 2018 Year In Review: Almost A Fantastic Year

Although 2018 ended on a down note with the stock market selling off, I feel good about how things unfolded. I’ll take the ratio of three good quarters to one bad quarter any year. Here is my Financial Samurai 2018 year in review. Believe it or not, my theme for 2018 was: back to early

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The Best And Overlooked Financial Samurai Posts Of 2018

As we come to the end of the year, I want to highlight the top posts published in 2018. This year I spent more time than normal  writing cautionary articles partly because I felt the good times were going away. It was important to share my growing concerns about the economy in order to better prepare the FS community. My first

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Don’t Be Your Worst Enemy: Self-Inflicted Wounds Are Terribly Unnecessary

Don’t be your worst enemy. A self-inflicted wound is so sad. Unlike financial blindspots, where you can plead ignorance for your actions, a self-inflicted wound is a willful and always a harmful action that puts you in a worse off situation than before. As the markets tumble, it’s worth highlighting some self-inflicted wounds that could have prevented this fall. We’ll also learn about

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Win The Small To Conquer The Big: A Life Strategy

Win the small to conquer the big is a strategy to help you succeed at bigger things in life. By winning the small stuff, you will naturally develop more confidence and more skills to tackle new challenges. I recently experienced one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. I’d rank the feeling right up there with getting into

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Financial Samurai Mid-Year 2018 Personal Goals Checkup

Since it’s a quiet week with nobody around, I thought I’d do some more mid-year reflecting. This is the Financial Samurai mid-year 2018 personal goals checkup. To hold my feet to the fire, I’ve been setting public goals for a while now. But I’ve mostly just checked in at year-end, leaving me no opportunity to course correct during the year in

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Are You Dirt? Then Stop Letting People Walk All Over You!

Don’t let people walk all over you. Have the confidence to stand up yourself and fight for what you believe in! One of the surprising responses from How To Improve The Value Of Your Home With One Phone Call is people basically saying it’s not worth the hassle to call the property assessor’s office to make

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The Importance Of Forecasting Your Misery To Live A Happier Life

Do you want to live a happier life? If so, you must learn how to forecast your misery. If you learn how to forecast your misery, you’ll be better prepared when that inevitable time period comes that tries to mess up your life. Whenever I meet a fresh college graduate at a random mixer, I’m

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Over The Hill At 40 – Age Discrimination In The Workplace

Age discrimination in the workplace is all too common. This article discusses why we need to eradicate age discrimination, especially when there is a need to accumulate a larger net worth and work longer now that times are so uncertain. Every large corporation has some type of annual “Diversity Training” course where we learn not

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How To Get Everybody But Yourself To Pay For Your Financial Mistakes

After publishing, Financial Independence: Maybe You Don’t Want It Bad Enough, most of you agreed that paying back your debt is the right thing to do. The post has some tough love because it doesn’t support those who just blame the system or someone else for their problems. We should own up to our financial mistakes. It’s much

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