Look around. What do you see? I see packed buses, traffic jams, busy open houses, expensive restaurants with only 9pm seatings, and friends finding new jobs again. Double dip recession? I don’t think so. With the Dow over 22,000 and the S&P 500 over 2,400 post Trump victory, it’s time to live it up! Yet, […]
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Raising children is expensive. They also take a tremendous amount of energy. Therefore, please don’t have children until you can first take care of yourself first. Your kids are not asked to be born. We owe it to them to be financially stable to give them the best life possible. Protect Your Career By Having
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Insensitive statements by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) not only infuriates many, but also raises one titillating question: Why isn’t President Obama considered white? Obama’s mother is white, and his father is black. He relates more to his white side of the family given his father left him as a child. Hence, isn’t it
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When I was thinking about what to write in this week’s Katana, I suddenly shouted out, “Crap! Taxes are due soon!” This is the first year where I actually owe money to the government and I’m not too pleased. For all intents and purposes, I should be happy that I got a free multi-thousand loan for
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Are you doing anything you can to survive? You are not alone. Grit, hustle, perseverance all come to mind when I think about survival. I want to share with you an experience that happened to me in 2010 that made me think about how far each of us will go to survive. One night, I
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It’s difficult to save money and not splurge on things you want. Let’s face it, those financial goals you made this year will need as much help as you can get. One of the key ways I save is to play games. Let me show you what I mean. Play Games To Save Money: Samurai September
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Young or old, amateur or veteran, know there are rocketships in your midst ready to be ridden. The rocketship is someone who is going places, and hopefully, through his or her shear power, you can hop aboard and increase your own success as well. Look around the office and see if you can identify the rocketship.
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President Obama plans on limiting the tax break for charity deductions to 28%, penalizes those in the 33%, 35%, and soon to be 40% federal income tax brackets. What are President Obama and the Democrats against charities? Since the overwhelming majority of charitable contributions come from households, and the overwhelming absolute dollar amount comes from
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The following is a guest post by newcomer Jeremy Johnson on why giving time and money is great. Jeremy is a husband and father of two girls (a 2 1/2 year old and a newborn). He recently created a website dedicated to helping people realize their dreams and ideas, make progress on them, and see them
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Wealth is an illusion of happiness. If you are not aware of the illusion, then you might suffer from delusion. One of my happiest memories was studying abroad in Chile for an entire semester. I lived off beans and rice, and slept on a wooden plank bed. At night, sweat would bead up on my
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