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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Not Financial Advice. This is a great piece from Young Money: the best personal finance blog you’ve never heard of. Tell your kids to read this blog. Compounded Luck Advantages compound. Disadvantages compound. A society can be judged on how it handles unearned advantages. Mentality The job …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web How a Massive Refinery Shortage is Contributing to High Gas Prices Would you invest in a horse & buggy company after you saw the first automobile come off the line? High gas prices are a feature of the transition to renewable energy. The First Global Credit Crisis …
When Dave died, one of the most beautiful parts of my life and a huge part of my future died with him. We had plans that we will never be able to fulfill and this changed my life forever. I will be talking about some of our plans on the Mindful Money Podcast in the …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web One-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck: Survey My mom might say, “Cry me a river.” We need an income, and that income should grow throughout our lives. But financial success has never been just about what we earn. Oliver Burkeman’s Last Column: The Eight Secrets to …
Today marks the first anniversary of my brother’s death. Dave died on June 17th, 2021 – the day before his 46th birthday. He lived with his family in San Ramon and in the 5 years before his death culminating with the pandemic lock-downs, my “inner circle” had largely collapsed to him and one other guy. …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Aristotle Goes to Hollywood Catharsis is the real power of the Story. When we go from, “That poor man,” to “That could be me,” empathy is born. Earnings Math Catches Up With the Tech Highfliers Earnings drive stock prices. Sometimes this means we can feel comfortable while …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web What’s the Secret to Happiness? My dad would love this. He would read it and quote Polonius’ instruction to Laertes: “This above all: to thine own self be true.” Happiness begins with knowing ourselves. Mindfulness Hurts. That’s Why It Works. Confronting our challenges hurts. Ignoring reality and …
This is a really important distinction to know about. Whether you notice the storytelling or not… it is happening all the time. The more you notice it, the less you suffer. An Acute Personal Example For those of you who are relatively new to this blog or newsletter, my brother died last year – the …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web OPINION: It May Be Time to Rethink the Emphasis on Taking Calculus in High School How many high school graduates go on to really use trigonometry and calculus? Maybe we should teach statistics (or economics) instead. I Got Lost Hiking in the California Sierra. Here’s How I …
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