Are you wondering what is a good short-term investment? Let’s discuss with a guest post. Greetings fellow Financial Samurai. Bruce here. I recently dropped a note to Sam about a financial conundrum that I was working through as I appreciate the analytical approach on this blog. Sam suggested that I write it up and engage the […]
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If you want to make any money, you can’t produce nothing. You’ve got to produce a whole lot of something! Every time I walk into a coffee shop, I see guys fiendishly coding on their laptops. Although the chances are slim to ever make it big as an entrepreneur, thousands of predominantly 20-something year old
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We’re back again with what’s turning out to be a really entertaining series showcasing curiously angry comments from readers who find my site through online search. Just to give you some background, roughly 75% of this site’s ~500,000 pageviews a month comes from new readers through search engines such as Google. Many of these visitors
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How many of you achieved last year’s resolutions? How many of you still remember what last years resolutions were? If you don’t write down your goals, you’re more than likely to forget. Here’s a quick recap of my official five resolutions: 1) Live Free. Although leaving Corporate America in 2012 allowed me to travel freely, I
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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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There is a void in early retirement you might experience. This void in early retirement needs to be filled if you want to feel happy and productive. Over the past one and a half years since leaving Corporate America in 2012, I’ve done some deep thinking about early retirement through posts such as: When you’re
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There’s an old saying that one should, “Make hay when the sun is shining.” Do you work harder or relax more during good times? When I was in my 20s I had two modes of work ethic. 1) Work hard and 2) Work harder. I’d wake up around 4:30am every morning in NYC from 1999-2001
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A news reporter chased me down on the Upper West Side the other day asking whether I could share my thoughts on FOMO. I had no idea what he was talking about. “FOMO, you know, the fear of missing out! Doctors are diagnosing kids with FOMO more frequently nowadays because schools aren’t allowing kids to
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This post is an ode to endless perfect summers. For finding our ikigai and doing things we care about the most. The pandemic has really made me and hopefully you realize that time is precious. We most focus on doing things that are meaningful and that matter! Imagine standing barefoot on the sand just far
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Learning to be happy with what we have is on of the keys to long-term happiness. Money is only a tool to a better and happier life. Never forget this. Part of the reason why so many people are unhappy is because they are never satisfied. If you can find your ikigai, your “reason for
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