Career & Employment

Stock Options Are For Suckers Who Accept Below Market Rate Pay

There’s a good saying in the poker-playing community, “If you don’t know who the sucker is at the table, it’s you.” Given work compensation (cash or stock) is likely the #1 source of wealth for the vast majority of people, I think it’s important we have a thorough discussion on stock options so you don’t […]

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Over The Hill At 40 – Age Discrimination In The Workplace

Age discrimination in the workplace is all too common. This article discusses why we need to eradicate age discrimination, especially when there is a need to accumulate a larger net worth and work longer now that times are so uncertain. Every large corporation has some type of annual “Diversity Training” course where we learn not

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Mistakes I Made When Quitting My Job So You Don’t Do The Same

After spending years writing a 200+-page bestselling book on how to profitably quit your job with a severance, you’d think I’d have executed everything to perfection. However, let me share some mistakes I made when quitting my job so you don’t do the same. By the time I returned all grizzled and gray, I’d have

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The Best Financial Move I Ever Made Is Something Everyone Can Do

I’d like to share with you the best financial move I ever made to help me get to financial independence at 34 in 2012. I started Financial Samurai in 2009 and started writing about achieving FIRE (financial independence retire early) on a regularly basis. Today, the FIRE movement has grown to be a worldwide phenomena

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Thinking About Quitting Your Job And Traveling Around The World

If you’re thinking about leaving your job, this post is for you. This is a guest post by NZ Muse, a mid-20s writer who just completed a six-month trip around the world and lived to tell the tale. I took NZ Muse and her husband out for lunch in San Francisco when they stopped by. A

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What To Do With A Severance Package Or Financial Windfall

Congratulations for receiving or negotiating a severance package or financial windfall! Severances are not mandatory in many countries, therefore anything you get beyond $0 is a bonus. Hopefully you’ve used the strategies I’ve outlined in my book to get the best severance package possible. It’s not just the financial windfall that’s so great, it’s the

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