Wealth is an illusion of happiness. If you are not aware of the illusion, then you might suffer from delusion. One of my happiest memories was studying abroad in Chile for an entire semester. I lived off beans and rice, and slept on a wooden plank bed. At night, sweat would bead up on my […]
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After writing “The Art of The Interview“, I realized after interacting with readers that interviewing is completely like dating! You’ve got a first chance to make an impression, and if it’s a good one, you get to go on more dates until you finally get “the prize”. Let’s talk about five connections that prove interviewing and
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Did you make a mistake and have trouble owning up to your mistake? Learn how to apologize for an error. Doing so will save you a lot of pain and trouble in the long run. Making Mistakes And Saying Sorry If there’s one thing I’m consistent at, it’s making some stupid error at least once
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There is an art to the interview. As a hiring manager for 13 years, let me teach you how to interview better so you can get a better job. I went through 55 interviews over seven rounds to get a job at Goldman Sachs, one of the best investment banks in the world. Part of
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Do you hit the snooze button multiple times in the morning because you just don’t want to work? While at work, do you daydream of being somewhere else? Well too bad! You’ve won the lottery and you don’t even realize it! In this global pandemic, please treat your job as if you won the lottery. When you
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There is a curse of making too much money that I want to talk about. So many of us are caught up in this cycle of wanting to make more and more. This desire is making us unhappy. We need to learn to let go. The luckiest people on earth are perhaps those who don’t
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Here are the best super bowl commercials for 2010. First of all, congratulations to the Saints for winning the Super Bowl! The odds makers were so off favoring the Colts by 6, and setting a ridiculous 57 over/under total point line. Someone out there made a nice chunk of change. Was it you? For some
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This is a guest article by Flexo from Consumerism Commentary on inspiration for change. Three of my friends experienced difficulties in their lives around the same time, about ten years ago. I’ll call them Alex, Brian, and Chris. Each had their own problems to deal with. But, they chose to ignore their difficulties and search
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As one can guess, higher paying jobs leads to higher costs of living. In fact, more than half of the 20 cities surveyed by the US Census Bureau are based in California. Let’s look at where Americans pay the most to live and why. How is it that California is so dominant in the expensive costs
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Your Money Ratios is a book by Charles Farrell. Your Money Ratios can help you get a better handle on your finances. Publisher: The Penguin Group. Hard cover. 257-pages. Price: $26. Author: Charles Farrell, JD., LL.M., investment adviser with Northstar Investment Advisors, in Denver. He writes the “Retirement Roadmap” column for CBS Moneywatch. Review: “Your Money
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