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Quit Your Job And Die Alone

By Financial Samurai on January 30th 2012 in Business 170 comments

Before you take advice from someone to not get a job after college or quit your current job to “live your dreams,” breathe for a moment and punch yourself in the face. After you’re done with your deep breathing beat down, ask yourself what are the credentials of someone encouraging you to quit your job [...]

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Don’t Be In A Hurry To Leave School And Enter The Real World

By Financial Samurai on January 25th 2012 in Career 28 comments

Super Senior is to Superman like: A) Double Cheeseburger is to Happiness, B) College Is To Orgy, C) Binging Is To Barfing or D) All Of The Above. Who cares? It’s college baby, where the alcohol flows free and the ladies just want to say your name! If there are any high school or college [...]

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Questions To Ask Before You Quit Your Job

By Sydney on January 9th 2012 in Career 22 comments

The first few months of the year are usually a hectic time when companies experience high periods of turnover. People are disappointed with their bonuses, or even lack of bonuses, and it can be a sensitive time for those who didn’t make it into the office wide promotions announcement. Emotions run high and you might [...]

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Important Pre Holiday Checklist For Your Career & Sanity

By Sydney on November 17th 2011 in Career 18 comments

Things always get a bit (or a lot) crazy during the holidays and they are just around the corner. Are you ready? Don’t worry, if you go through this checklist you’ll be totally prepared and will be able to breeze right through without breaking a sweat! Pre Holiday Checklist: Career Self Evaluation – Most companies [...]

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Work where you want…but do you really want to work from home?

By Jamie Makar on August 27th 2011 in Business 4 comments

A combination of tonsillitis and a chronic staff shortage has railroaded me into a week of working at home, something which, on the face of it, I thought I would take to like a frog to the throat. After all, what’s not to like? Working from home takes away the daily commute; the stop-start drive [...]

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Shoot For Profitability Or Market Share With Your Start-Up?

By Financial Samurai on August 24th 2011 in Business 8 comments

One of the most fascinating decisions to make in running any start-up is deciding when is the right time to start making a profit. The irony is that Untemplater is much more profitable than a website like BusinessInsider.com founded by Henry Blodget, not because Untemplater makes so much money, but because Business Insider, despite it’s [...]

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The Ins And Outs Of Launching A Startup In Silicon Valley

By Financial Samurai on August 22nd 2011 in Business 6 comments

These days, it seems like everybody is starting their own companies and getting rich in Sili Valley. With Wall St. throwing money hand over fist in social media land, and investors paying mind-boggling multiples, you might be crazy NOT to create a start-up and move out to the Bay Area! Plenty of people got filthy [...]

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Success Requires Agendas And Priorities

By Sydney on August 4th 2011 in Business 15 comments

The world can be one mean, scary, and downright cruel place for the lost and unprepared. It can also be one utterly boring stage for the passive, “someday” day dreamers who follow the same routines day after day, too afraid to break out of the template lifestyle. While there is no guaranteed, flop-free recipe for [...]

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How Not To Crumble Under Pressure And Stay Focused

By Financial Samurai on July 25th 2011 in Business 12 comments

One of my biggest worries is quitting. I despise quitters who don’t see things through to the end. And because I despise quitters, I’ll end up despising myself if I were to be so cowardly. Yet, I worry because I see the temptation of quitting as soon as things aren’t going my way. Pressure is [...]

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