Career & Employment

Three Bad Jobs That Can Eventually Make You Rich And Happy

If I wasn’t whipped so hard during my first job out of college, I never would have saved over 50% of my after-tax income every year for 13 years in a row. I probably would’ve blown the majority of my income on fancy cars, late nights at the clubs with bottle service, and frequent weekend […]

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Mistakes I Made When Quitting My Job So You Don’t Do The Same

After spending years writing a 200+-page bestselling book on how to profitably quit your job with a severance, you’d think I’d have executed everything to perfection. However, let me share some mistakes I made when quitting my job so you don’t do the same. By the time I returned all grizzled and gray, I’d have

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The Best Financial Move I Ever Made Is Something Everyone Can Do

I’d like to share with you the best financial move I ever made to help me get to financial independence at 34 in 2012. I started Financial Samurai in 2009 and started writing about achieving FIRE (financial independence retire early) on a regularly basis. Today, the FIRE movement has grown to be a worldwide phenomena

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Thinking About Quitting Your Job And Traveling Around The World

If you’re thinking about leaving your job, this post is for you. This is a guest post by NZ Muse, a mid-20s writer who just completed a six-month trip around the world and lived to tell the tale. I took NZ Muse and her husband out for lunch in San Francisco when they stopped by. A

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What To Do With A Severance Package Or Financial Windfall

Congratulations for receiving or negotiating a severance package or financial windfall! Severances are not mandatory in many countries, therefore anything you get beyond $0 is a bonus. Hopefully you’ve used the strategies I’ve outlined in my book to get the best severance package possible. It’s not just the financial windfall that’s so great, it’s the

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Candid Reasons Why You Didn’t Get The Job According To HR

Wondering why you didn’t get the job? There’s an overwhelming demand for every job position today. Whether it’s as a barista at Starbucks or a marketing director at a tech company, competition is fierce. Landing a job these days can feel like winning the lottery. In this post, I spoke with some Human Resources (HR)

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Tax-Deductible Job Hunting Expenses – Finding Work Is Expensive!

Recently, I discovered that finding work is expensive. Fortunately there are tax-deductible job hunting expenses that make it less painful. Thanks to 33% of you voting that I should go back to work full-time, I decided to rev up the rusty job search engine after 3.5 years of inactivity. And boy, what a waste of time

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