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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It’s been just over a month since the Samurai Alexa Ranking Challenge was announced, and I’m pleased to report we’ve made tremendous progress! With 35+ members strong, we are actively helping each other achieve our respective goals. I’d like to use this opportunity to recognize several Yakezie members for their achievements and initiatives in helping the
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The government is sexist. Let me prove it to you. Out of curiosity, I surveyed five of my married friends to answer two questions: 1) Did you pay more or less in taxes after you got married, and 2) How much more or less did you pay? The answers I got were concerning. They all
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This is a guest post about marketing or manipulation by the Lean Life Coach who writes at Eliminate the Muda! [mooda]. He writes about how to improve life and personal finance through the application of proven business management techniques that originated with great Americans such as Henry Ford and Benjamin Franklin. At the end of
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The following is the second and last part of my interview with Charles Farrell, the author of “Your Money Ratios“. Charles Farrell discuss the much maligned 401k, whether Social Security will survive, and crowd favorite, how raising personal income tax levels further will ruin America! The 401K AND ALL ITS GLORY Question: Why do you
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As I wrote in my review of “Your Money Ratios”, Charles’ book sings to me. Charles has the ability to simplify complicated financial topics for the average reader to understand. His book is seriously one of the best books I’ve read on personal finance in a long while. One of the keys to progress is
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I had the pleasure of speaking with Flexo & Tom from Consumerism Commentary the other day. We discussed the genesis of this site, The Samurai Fund, as well as various Codes of Honor. To go soon after one of my favorite authors, David Bach of the Automatic Millionaire series is a treat! Why is it always
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Anybody want to guess what happened on Wed, January 19, 2010 right before the market fell off a cliff? The people got rocked. If you guessed Obama delivered a politically charged speech to rally for his own support and crucify others, you’re right! On Wed, January 19th, Obama went on national TV to tell the world,
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Hi readers! My announcement in this week’s Katana is that I’m going to use advertising for a cause this year. Ready, Set, Go! From now on, all advertising revenue after operating costs will be donated to charity this year! I’ve finally got off my rump to figure out this peculiar aspect of blogging. For the past
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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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