During my exploration process of selling Financial Samurai, I consulted with a friend who sold his website for $2.8 million some years ago. He offered to share what transpired, what he would have done differently, and why he wished he would have held on. He regrets selling his online business. The numbers and timing have […]
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Your professional network is incredibly valuable in order to get ahead. With a strong professional net work, you will have more professional and personal opportunities. More people will root for you and want to support you. This posts shares how you can increase the value of your professional network. For 10 years I acted as
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If you are suffering from Dunning-Kruger, it means that you are suffering from delusion. And if you’re suffering from delusion, that means there’s a large disconnect between reality and what you believe to be true. Don’t let delusion ruin your life! Delusion is one of the key reasons why people end up miserable, alone, and
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Build your brand and eat like a king forever. Ignore your brand and starve like a mendicant waiting for scraps. This post is about how to build a stronger brand for your business, your blog, your podcast, or your career. A brand cannot be developed over night. It must be carefully nurtured. Along the way, your brand
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Every year, as a small business owner, I like to ask my tax accountant: What’s the least amount I can pay myself in salary and bonus before the IRS comes knocking? Every year, he comes up with a slightly different answer. The IRS is smart and is always changing the rules, usually to its benefit.
Did you know that you can make a lot more by working overseas and save a significant amount in taxes at the same time? Now that you know, why not work overseas? The US tax system is not the most lenient by any means. American tax payers shell out effectively almost 50% of their incomes to
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Entrepreneurship is great due to the high correlation between effort and success. If you want to get rewarded mainly on merit, entrepreneurship is the way to go. But just how much entrepreneur income do you need to replace your day job income? It may surprise you that it actually takes a lot more income! And
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everybody! 2019 was a prolific year for Financial Samurai. There were over 200 posts and even more pages published. Blogging is like fishing in a big ocean. You’ve got to be patient. Most of the time you’ll catch nothing. But every once in a while, you’ll catch a big fish
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Getting ahead is about production, not skill. This article will prove to you why people with no special skills or talent can find success as well. Back in 2017, a tall Ukrainian fella by the name of Alex came to visit my open house for rent. My five, 20-something-year old tenants had just turned over,
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I delayed writing this post for a while partly because I didn’t want to recognize the formal end of my 10-year journey writing on Financial Samurai. I was also waiting for some divine inspiration to figure out what’s next. From 2018 – 2019, several potential acquirers contacted me about selling Financial Samurai. I thanked them
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