There is a war taking place right now. The objective is your life and freedom. It is fought by your personal soldiers of fortune. Lead your army to victory or surrender and suffer your fate. Every one of us is the general of a revolutionary army, a guerilla force that is fighting for independence. This …
I Hate Starbucks Starbucks sucks. I can count on one hand the number of times I have been dragged into one of its plethora of locations, always by my wife. Every second in there is another second of me wanting to get out of the place. Luckily I don’t work in a normal office environment …
There are two types of thought in the world – those who think with an internal locus of control and those who have an external one. Don’t know the difference? Then read on. Your Locus Of Control Internals know that they control their destiny; they believe in willpower and positive thinking. They are determined …
The amazing, but simple, story of how everyday normal people in this small town became ridiculously wealthy thanks to Coca-Cola. In the 1920’s a banker named Pat Munroe urged his neighbors in the small farming town of Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola stock. He had noticed that even the poorest person would …
Come one, come all and snoop around my yearly net worth! I don’t see it as the ‘taboo’ that seems to dominate the culture. I feel that being open about money is a good thing, it allows us to bounce experiences and ideas off each other. I haven’t always been focused on saving my money. …
So many people in the Western world are surrounded by STUFF. Big stuff, little stuff, stuff to sit on, stuff that looks good, stuff to play with, and tons of stuff they forgot they even owned. All this stuff cost them a fortune. Look around at all your stuff! Ok, I’m kinda sounding like a …
Powerful words of ancient wisdom from philosophers that are just as meaningful today as they were thousands of years ago – and will still be just as relevant thousands of years from now. These old gems of ancient wisdom can guide you in your life in our modern world just as well as they have …
I pick up any coins I come across. In a parking lot. On the sidewalk. At a park. The floor of the grocery checkout. My eye has become accustomed to searching for coins or other interesting items on my path. I search out these opportunities. It is just that I don’t want to pass up …
How to pay off debts is a lesson that many Americans need to learn. The interest alone is absolutely crushing a large part of the population. In my previous article, I wrote that the typical American pays $279,002 in interest payments over the course of their life. At an annual income of $50k and accounting …
You know what really grinds my gears? Paying interest. In any amount. To anyone. I hate it so much because I hate owing money. I despise it. I hate getting bills. I hate seeing what it really is costing me. It is like a Spanish matador’s red cape, and I am the bull – it …
Doubling Dollars