The Brexit event reminded me how we constantly self-sabotage our own progress due to emotion. Fear and greed tend to triumph over logical reasoning in the short run. In the long run, we find pangs of regret asking ourselves, “What were we thinking?” Here’s some reflection of my own self-sabotage as it pertains to this site. […]
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Every week I spend time reviewing older posts to ensure they are updated with the most pertinent information possible. Keeping posts fresh and useful is one of the many duties of a professional blogger. Posts that I wrote five years ago are still getting tens of thousands of visitors a month because like a bonzai tree, they are carefully maintained. There’s always a
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There’s a lot of wealth to be made in this world. And yet there’s so much truth to the saying you’ll never get rich working for someone else. You might think that sounds crazy. But, when you look at the super rich, you’ll realize the majority of them were able to get rich by hiring
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Over a two-year period, I gave over 500 rides driving for Uber. It was an eye-opening experience that helped me also build up my Solo 401(k) balance. Let me share why I’m no longer willing to drive for Uber. In part one of this two part series, we discussed seven reasons why everybody should work a
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Do you daydream about being your own boss? It’s not easy to start a business that’s successful quickly. But, if you’re great at what you do, there are many benefits of entrepreneurship. If you start a business, you can use it to save on taxes and help take care of your family. When you decide
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Here is a list of accelerators, incubators, and fellowships for startup entrepreneurs. Starting a startup is tough. You will likely not succeed. But it’s always good to try! Maybe it’s destiny, but I just read an insightful article in The New York Times about entrepreneurship everyone who feels they are too old to start something should
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Do you know what’s fun and free? Dreaming BIG! A while ago, I thought: Can Financial Samurai be the next billion dollar financial technology company? After all, all my writing is from firsthand experience. Further, you are seeing a lot of personal finance sites grow with a bunch of inexperienced freelances. As kids, we use to
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Do you know what one of the first things an employer does before interviewing a prospective employee? They Google your name to learn all about you. Therefore, to strengthen your brand, you need to have a web presence. Sites like LinkedIn and Facebook flourish because people have decided to provide these sites massive amounts of content for free. Unlike Financial
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As I’m off to London this summer for business and Wimbledon, I thought it would be a good idea to interview Sarah Wood, Co-Founder of Unruly Media, a social video advertising platform based in London. Sarah has been voted UK Female Entrepreneur of the Year by the Growing Business Awards, one of 15 Women to Watch in Tech by Inc.,
From Debtor To Millionaire is a guest post from J.D. Roth, who founded the blog Get Rich Slowly in 2006 and is the author of Your Money: The Missing Manual. I first met JD in 2010 for lunch up in Portland when I was still working. By that time, J.D. was already a mini-celebrity in
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