Powerful words of ancient wisdom from long dead philosophers that are just as meaningful today as they were thousands of years ago – and will still be just as relevant thousands of years from now. These incredible words from our ancient past are brimming with solid ways to live your life. While many …
Evil Food Corporations Oh ok, maybe they aren’t all evil and unethical would be a better word. But read the history and tell me there isn’t evil lurking about in the corporate past. I remember how my grandmother used to say how she would get an orange in her Christmas stocking and how it was …
In my last post, I wrote that I am able to buy a large amount of produce for just $10. I had plenty of tomatillos that I didn’t quite know what to do with. Well, I am not scared to experiment with my culinary skills. A quick search online showed that some people put tomatillos …
When it gets down to it, there are two levers of money. One lever is to make more of it and the other is to spend what you have efficiently (frugally). Everything in the personal finance world is just details on tweaking your levers. My family doesn’t make much more than the average US income, …
I believe that a good financial education is the most important education you can receive. One time I was searching LendingClub.com to find another loan to fund and I ran across this person who was making over $14,000 a month. If you don’t know Lending Club is a peer-to-peer lending service in which people can …
There is a war taking place right now. The objective is your life and freedom. It is fought by your personal soldiers of fortune. Lead your army to victory or surrender and suffer your fate. Every one of us is the general of a revolutionary army, a guerilla force that is fighting for independence. This …
I Hate Starbucks Starbucks sucks. I can count on one hand the number of times I have been dragged into one of its plethora of locations, always by my wife. Every second in there is another second of me wanting to get out of the place. Luckily I don’t work in a normal office environment …
There are two types of thought in the world – those who think with an internal locus of control and those who have an external one. Don’t know the difference? Then read on. Your Locus Of Control Internals know that they control their destiny; they believe in willpower and positive thinking. They are determined …
The amazing, but simple, story of how everyday normal people in this small town became ridiculously wealthy thanks to Coca-Cola. In the 1920’s a banker named Pat Munroe urged his neighbors in the small farming town of Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola stock. He had noticed that even the poorest person would …
Come one, come all and snoop around my yearly net worth! I don’t see it as the ‘taboo’ that seems to dominate the culture. I feel that being open about money is a good thing, it allows us to bounce experiences and ideas off each other. I haven’t always been focused on saving my money. …
Doubling Dollars