Now that millions more people are working from home due to the coronavirus, I thought I’d share some tips on how to keep your sanity. This is my work from home survival guide. I have actually been working from home since 2012, when I negotiated a severance and left corporate America for good. Losing the […]
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Instead of embracing the FIRE movement for those seeking financial independence, it may be better to embrace the DIRE movement after such a massive bull run since 2009. For the millions of unemployed Americans thanks to the pandemic, the DIRE movement is real. When I first started writing about achieving financial independence early in 2009,
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This post will look at the recommended expenditure on housing, food, transportation and more. As someone who kickstarted the FIRE movement (Financial Independence Retire Early), I’d like everybody to spend less, save more, and invest more for financial freedom! According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the latest data for 2019 shows the average
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The coronavirus-induced stock market meltdown created a lot of anxiety and opportunity. Let’s look at the benefits! I originally wrote this post on February 28, 2020 when the lockdowns first began. Clearly, the S&P 500 and real estate have done well since. The lesson is to keep investing for the long term. Dollar-cost average during
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Since negotiating my own severance in 2012 at the age of 34, I’ve consulted with several dozen individuals about how to best negotiate a severance as well. In addition, thousands of people have read my bestselling ebook, How To Engineer Your Layoff, and negotiated their own severances as well. This article will talk about how
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There is a downside of financial independence that’s worth discussing. The media likes to make it seem that financial independence is the best thing since slice bread. But I’d like to provide more balance. One of the things I was counting on when I published, Being A Landlord Questions My Faith In Humanity, was readers coming
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The Rise of Stealth Wealth is here to stay as long as there’s an ever growing government and widening income inequality. This article provides a stealth wealth compendium of useful phrases to help you get through life easier. It’s only a matter of time before enormous social unrest wipes the country clean of the wealthy
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Let me share why I never contributed to a Roth IRA but why you probably should. I fully admit that I was once an ardent opponent of the Roth IRA in the past. But as a middle-aged father of two young children, I’ve come around. Contributing to a Roth IRA is a great way to
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Can you imagine scraping by on $500,000 a year? Well, believe it. Thousands of households living in expensive cities are running on this never-ending treadmill. It’s only when you can lock down expenses, save and invest aggressively, will you ever escape the rat race. They’ve got big mortgages, private school tuition to pay, and fancy
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Here are some things to do and think about before quitting your job. As someone who negotiated a severance in 2012, I strongly believe you should never quit your job! Always negotiate a severance instead so you have a nice financial cushion for the next chapter of your life. The people who quit their jobs
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