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Taking A Sabbatical And Potentially Never Coming Back!

By Financial Samurai on May 10th 2012 in Career 33 comments

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As of right now, I’m on sabbatical!  Yeah baby, yeah!  After some discussion with my various colleagues, I’ve decided to take a one month paid sabbatical to rest, rediscover, and go on an adventure.  I could have done longer, but the second month is only 80% paid, and the third month is even less at [...]

The $100 Startup: Do What You Love For A Benjamin

By Sydney on May 7th 2012 in Entrepreneurship 11 comments

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A lot of people are too scared to start a business because they’re too afraid to fail and think they don’t have enough money.  I had those same fears myself for a long time, but thankfully I got over myself and stopped being afraid of taking chances.  Life is too short to waste it living [...]

How To Build An Efficient Business

By Jamie Makar on May 5th 2012 in Business 3 comments

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With the digital revolution in full flow and economic growth looking more promising than it has for some time, opportunities are increasing for entrepreneurs and small businesses to flourish. But businesses can’t afford to put goof up repeatedly in the early stages if they hope to establish themselves in their industry. Building an efficient business [...]

Be On The Lookout For Small Business Scams!

By Sydney on May 1st 2012 in Business 13 comments

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There are tons of things to think about and keep track of when you are starting a business.  Putting together a business plan, bringing ideas from the drawing board to the table, figuring out all sorts of logistics, researching, planning, raising capital, marketing, legal stuff, you name it.  The last thing you want to think [...]

Would You Take A Steep Pay Cut To Live In Paradise?

By Financial Samurai on April 26th 2012 in Business 25 comments

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An interesting thing occurred to me today.  I’m here in Honolulu, Hawaii on vacation and I decided to Google the state manager of a major wealth management company one morning.  As a personal finance blogger, working as a financial advisor for a wealth management firm is about as synergistic a offline/online combo as can be! [...]

Improving Efficiency: Finding The Time To Do It All

By Sydney on April 19th 2012 in Entrepreneurship 9 comments

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If you want something done, give it to the BUSIEST person in the room.  Now how is that supposed to work?!  Improving efficiency and finding the time to do it all is tough.  But there’s a lot of truth in that saying about busy people being super efficient and boy do I know some insanely [...]

It’s OK To Admit You Were Laid Off: Just Get Motivated!

By Sydney on April 16th 2012 in Business 13 comments

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There’s no coincidence that the lifestyle design movement took off just as the economic downturn started picking up steam in the sumer of 2008. Those were some of the scariest times I’ve ever experienced, apart from when two planes hit the Twin Towers in NYC.  I vividly remember seeing the markets tumble by 5% a [...]

How Much Severance Pay Would You Need To Leave Your Job?

By Sydney on April 3rd 2012 in Business 19 comments

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The evolution of the internet has made it unnecessary for anybody to work a 9-to-5 day job if they don’t want to.  I venture to guess that if you are reading this site, you sometimes daydream, like I sometimes daydream about one day quitting your job and being your own boss from anywhere in the [...]

How Much Is The Average Severance Package?

By Sydney on March 22nd 2012 in Business 24 comments

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One of my good friends Christine is thinking about negotiating a separation agreement with her employer of 6 years.  She works in marketing at Gap and is ready for a change of pace and a new career path.  She got married to her college sweetheart last year and would really like to work at a [...]