One of the benefits of financial independence is that you can try out different occupations that pay very little or nothing. You can even try to get a dream job. I’ve always wanted to be a grade school teacher, but I realized after doing some research you can’t just become a middle school teacher here […]
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After gaining 12 lbs during my freshman year in college, I had to spend $35 to buy a pair of new jeans. $35 might not sound like a lot to you, but it was a lot to me at the time because I only made $4/hour working at McDonald’s. Wasting 10 hours of my life
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There have been a number of data points recently that have caught me off guard. Apparently, there are people in this world who actually work 40 hours a week or less and complain why they can’t get ahead! I understand the complaining if you are a student, have a disability, doing heavy manual labor, or
These are the best rewards credit cards today. They have the best cash back credit card rewards and the highest sign-up bonuses. I used to receive a ton of credit card solicitations in the mail until I finally put my address on the do not spam list. Some of the credit card rewards offers really
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Joining startups will likely make you poorer, not richer. Let me explain as someone who has lived in the startup capital of the world, San Francisco, since 2001. I have literally met thousands of people who have joined startups and less than 10% of them got rich. I’m talking a top 1% net worth. Several
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Jack Bogle is one of America’s iconic investors and I’m a fan. He is well known for founding and growing the second largest mutual fund company in the world, The Vanguard Group with over $3 trillion in assets under management. Let’s look at his investment philosophies. You may be surprised to know that Bogle was actually
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2020 may have been the hardest year of my life. I was the sole income-earning parent with two young children to feed. Here’s how to survive the pressure as a sole income-earning parent. Much has been written about offering more support and empathy for the stay at home parent who gives up his or her
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This post will show you how to pick a robo-advisor in the digital wealth management era. Long gone are the days of paying 1% – 3% for a traditional wealth manager to manage your money. Today, you can use free wealth management tools online to manage you money yourself! Thanks to the internet and innovation,
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Quitting your job is selfish. The better way to quit your job is to engineer your layoff by negotiating a severance. Everybody wins when you engineer your layoff as you find, hire, and train your replacement. If you quit your job and only give two weeks notice, you are likely leaving your employer in a
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It’s been about ten years since I first released How To Engineer Your Layoff to the world. One of the chapters talks specifically about The Family And Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The ebook is a niche product specific to helping people break free from a job they no longer care about by negotiating a severance. Growing old and being
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