EQ (emotional intelligence) is more important than IQ. I don’t care how smart you are, if you are a weird and selfish prick, you won’t get as far as someone who is less smart, but gets along with everybody. In a previous post, I discussed how I was able to stay at a $2,000/night hotel for […]
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Ever wonder about a celebrity’s income and spending habits? We get to peek inside a celebrity’s income and spending habits thanks to a messy divorce. I had never heard of Amber Heard until her pending divorce with Johnny Depp went mainstream on May 27. She’s accusing Johnny of physically and mentally abusing her for years. Terrible, if
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Years ago, I once knew someone who was unhappy with her husband. Let’s call her Nancy. To fill her void, Nancy went on dates with various men while her husband stayed late at work. At the cafeteria one day, Nancy mentioned she was falling in love with one of her men named Jack. Jack was handsome, single, charming, and
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Ok, I’m back from my 28-hour break! Thanks to so many for encouraging me to continue. Boy did it feel amazing to unwind after publishing my post on shutting this site down. Just the act of not responding to a single comment allowed me to recharge my empty battery by a couple percent. I’m feeling like
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Back at my parents’ home in Honolulu one afternoon, my father asked me, “Are you sure you’re just consulting 25 hours a week? Because it sure seems like a full time job!” “Of course I’m sure Dad,” I retorted. But before I knew it, the sun had already set. Another day in paradise, gone. I
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Being taken for granted sucks. Let’s how to stop being taken for granted by your spouse once you guys have gotten rich. Next time you go out to eat, notice who digs in first, who refrains until others have their share, and who decides to serve others before eating. The person you want to marry
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No sooner had I published Income Profiles Of Financially Free People, did I get an e-mail from one of my online business partners saying, “NO WAY! Those profiles are absurd!” Since he pays many full-time bloggers at least a hundred thousand dollars a year, he was the last person I thought to not believe there are plenty of enterprising people
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If you go close to the edge, you’ll realize what’s possible. In my quest to make my life worse, to ultimately make life more enjoyable, I’ve continued to look for full-time work to test my resolve. Every time I step into an interview room, I change my mindset from a guy with financial freedom, to a
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Imagine being 31 and single, not by choice, but by circumstance. You’ve gone through several bad relationships and looked back asking yourself what were you thinking. There was this one guy you dated who was secretly married – no wonder why you could never go over. Then there was this other person who after two years still wouldn’t commit. You were
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Nobody has ever told me I’m type A in my life until recently when a commenter wrote in my perpetual failure post, “I’m not sure everyone would agree with some of your ‘failures’ Sam. I mean, growing a site only 50% a year after 120% growth in previous years is not really considered failure in the
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