First dates are already nerve racking enough…don’t sabotage the whole operation before it’s began. Of course every individual has their own pet peeves’ and you certainly can’t, nor should you try, to please everyone. But I thought I’d focus on some general pointers that if done…will pretty much guarantee a second date phone call will go straight to Voice Mail. Of course … [Read more...]
Personal Finance Really Isn’t That Complicated
If there's anything I've learned over the years, it's that people sure like to complicate things. They do it at their jobs, they do it at home, and they certainly do with with their finances. In fact, I've come to realize that there are 2 very different types of people out there - the ones looking for that magic bullet (a hot stock pick, the secrets to winning the lottery), … [Read more...]
Thinking Outside of the Resume
Your resume bores me. Nothing personal, its just resumes in general are boring. When have you ever said, “S*&#, I can’t wait to write up my CV”? Right, you haven’t, because they are boring. Do you think recruiter’s get excited to read 78 resumes for an open accounting position? Of course not, at least I never have in my recruiting adventures. Do not panic. Do not … [Read more...]
Make Bank Painting Houses
So chances are, most of the entrepreneurship related articles that you read these days consist of how to make a killing on the internet. That seems to be the new cool thing, and hey, that’s what I am trying to do at the moment, so I have nothing against it, but there are definitely other ways to make money. Today I am going to tell you about the best way to make money that … [Read more...]
Toy Speculation: A New way of Investing
I was a child of the early 80’s and I remember growing up with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and G.I. Joe’s covering my bedroom floor. At $2.99 a pop, the average G.I. Joe provided hours of entertainment, usually culminating with my mother yelling at me to put them all away in my toy chest. I am not the only one with such memories, and those that want to relive owning such … [Read more...]