Do you have an ideal income and amount of work a day? I do. My ideal income is $300,000 for a family of four while working four hours a day. With $300,000 a year, my wife and I can live a relatively middle-class lifestyle in an expensive city like San Francisco. Meanwhile, working four hours […]
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Back when I wrote this post on July 6, 2012 I had just negotiated a severance from a finance job I held for 13 years. I took a leap of faith and haven’t looked back. Back then, millions were still unemployed from the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Hence, I wanted to search for empathy for the
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I recently came back from a vacation in Hawaii, and believe it or not, I got a job offer! I didn’t mean to get a job offer, but between eating some white puree mangos for breakfast and hitting the waves for some boogie boarding, I decided to reach out to the head of a major
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All I want to do is nothing, if only just for a little while. I’m longing to take a break but my conscience won’t allow it! Let me share my thoughts I had back in May 11, 2012, a month after I negotiated a severance from my 11-year banking job. Longing To Take A Break
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The coronavirus pandemic devastated our economy and caused tens of millions of Americans to become unemployed. A Financial Samurai reader shares what it was like being unemployed during the previous financial crisis. This Is What It’s Like Being Unemployed My name is Rachel, and I was unemployed for just a bit more than 6 months
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Some people seem to flourish in life with minimal effort. Meanwhile, others struggle and suffer constantly. Ultimately, how well you do in life is up to you. You may have to work harder than the next guy. But success starts in the mind. And I’m going to share with you a secret on the easiest
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Are you afraid of taking a vacation? You are not alone. There was a time in my career I also felt very guilty and afraid of taking a vacation. Even now that I work for myself and no longer have a boss, it can still be hard for me to step back and relax. Despite
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Young people, wake up. Nobody is going to save you so you must save yourself. The older I get, the more I realize how necessary it is for people first starting out to find a mentor. A mentor is there to guide you through all the landmines in a career or start-up venture. In fact,
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You’re mistaken if you believe the 99% will just rage against the 1%. They won’t stop until they protest against half of America, and then they will turn on themselves. After reading all the “We Are The 53%” submissions, I was inspired to write my own. The 53% figure refers to the percentage of working
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Let’s pretend we’re Founders of a new high tech company. Competition is fierce, but we’ve raised money from some Venture Capitalists to pay for equipment, marketing, and personnel. Would you hire this recent graduate for your company? We are looking for hungry recent college graduates in engineering, marketing, and sales who are willing to work
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