Happy New Year! Time always moves faster the older we get. One day I’ll lose my mind and hopefully these journal entries will jog my memory. I’ve put together this 2013 year in review to take a quick look back at what I did well on and where I failed. Although less than 20% of […]
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You can’t deny how someone feels. They just do and you’ve got to accept it. Maybe the color blue looks different between two people. We’ll never know because we can only know ourselves. I started this site as a way to deal with the agony of the financial meltdown in 2008-2009. I needed to find
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The best way to get ahead is sometimes not the most pleasant way. In fact, I believe the best way to get ahead is to tell yourself hard truths. Is it better to tell someone what they want to hear or tell them what they should hear? I choose the latter, because sooner or later
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Do you suffer from apathy? If you do, you need to figure out how to care more ASAP. When you suffer from apathy, you no longer put in your best effort. That could be dangerous for your career, your relationships, and for your children. If you suffer from apathy, I’m pretty sure your finances will
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Why do we discredit other people’s achievements? Instead, we should try to be nicer to people, especially after a global pandemic. People discrediting other’s achievements is so annoying that I’ve got to discuss this strange phenomenon. There are two main ways of getting ahead. The first way is to do everything you can to improve
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Building wealth is a long game. It’s sometimes very easy to get discouraged as a result. Despite a lucky investment when I was 22, I felt very little pleasure having a large savings account in my early 20s. Money degenerates to just numbers on a screen that provides no utility unless spent. I was actually
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If you want to get ahead, why not just try harder? It sounds simple doesn’t it? Let’s see if trying harder is one key to success. Anybody who knows me realizes I’ve got very little talent in practically everything I do. Complex math was confusing so I stopped at Trigonometry sophomore year in high school.
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Want to make more money? Of course you do. Make time to think differently so you can discover new investment and business opportunities In 2020, the S&P 500 closed up almost 18% for another record all-time high! This was despite the global pandemic crushing businesses and jobs. Just think about this situation for a little
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It’s hard to stay in shape as we get older. We move around less, our family demands more of our time, and our jobs stress us out to the point where we eat too much comfort food. I’m about 10 pounds heavier that I was during college. I always tell myself it’s due to more muscle,
This post teaches you how to stop haters from hating you so much. Haters are everywhere. The more public or successful you are, the more you will attract haters. You don’t even have to do or say anything bad. You will inevitably get a hater if you achieve any type of success. Since Financial Samurai
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