Being in business is about being unequivocally right every moment of every day. Except when you aren't. Let's think about this for a moment. When you start a business you are basically saying to the world that some idea that you came up with mostly off the top of your head is sufficiently interesting that people will pay you money in order to see it produced. Further, you … [Read more...]
10 Shattered Financial Templates
When you think of financial "templates," what comes to mind? For me, one example of a template is the accepted best way of achieving something. The thing is, what works for most people may not work for you. In fact, if no one challenged the status quo, the conventional approach would never evolve, and we would keep doing the same things again and again. But the status quo … [Read more...]
Travel and the Single Girl
I’m an old maid at twenty-five. Or at least that is how it’s starting to seem. Everywhere I look I see couples; out at the bars, at the supermarket on Sunday, walking their dog in the snow. Just this month two more women in my small office got engaged, making me the only official Single Person left in the building. I’m not some sort of social pariah and I don’t have … [Read more...]
How To Get Lucky… Creatively
We normally see people who are lucky as unique, special, just like those who are exceptional talented and creative in their fields. However, there is an important relationship between exceptional creative performance or creative living and luck. Luck is not an abstract feature that some individuals possess and others lack; luck is a factor of attitude, observation, insight … [Read more...]
Saying “Suck It” To Personal Finance
This site has already seen a great post on the basics of personal finance. As the article explains, its all quite easy. However, the one challenge that faces all of us personal finance masters is balance. We can max our retirement accounts, we can save over half of our income, we can even live on a budget that is so tight we know where every dollar will be spent throughout … [Read more...]