About running, money and life: lessons from Stu Mittleman
Do you know who Stu Mittleman is? I didn't either but then a close friend, colleague and running buddy of mine told me about something called 'slow burn'. Here, I would like to save you the bother of searching the internet for 'slow burn' - Wikipedia just told me there [...] Continue Reading...
Show me your number and I’ll show you mine: about rebellious personal finance and destiny
It doesn’t cease to intrigue me how sometimes destiny intervenes in our lives and sends us a glimpse of something that may not be entirely unexpected but is still striking in its assurance. I am not going to bore you with further profound and woolly statements – I know that [...] Continue Reading...
Beyond ‘I told you so’ is ‘Ouch!’: Paul Knott’s epic book about finance and so much more
Whenever I read a book on (personal) finance I can put it, and its author, in a neat 'cubby-hole'. Yes, it comes with experience but I have read quite a few of those. For instance, in my mind George Clason is 'the story teller', David Bach 'the safe pair of [...] Continue Reading...
Busy or productive: 2,000 to 10,000 or how to catapult your writing productivity
Have you heard about Rachel Aaron? I won't be surprised if you have not - after all she is a writer and a reputedly a good one since she manages to make a living with it. Until about a year ago when I came across her website - Pretentious Title [...] Continue Reading...
Changing people’s hearts and minds: the magic and practice of enchantment
Couple of days ago my work bought me a new laptop; this was not a privilege but necessity. My new ‘production tool’ is a Samsung, sleek, thin and light, and works like a dream (well, there is no need to get technical). It also looks very much like a Mac; [...] Continue Reading...
Beyond ‘The Secret’: the seven laws of the Universe Part 2
Last week I was telling you about the seven laws of the Universe that were set out by Mel Gill in his book entitled The Meta Secret. These are: The Law of Mentality The Law of Correspondence The Law of Vibration [...] Continue Reading...
Crystal clear with Crystal Stemberger: How I Make Money Blogging
I have been an admirer of Crystal Stemberger for...well, since I started blogging, really. I have always admired the simplicity and spirit of her site Budgeting in the Fun Stuff; as to her knowledge about how to make money blogging I can say only one thing: WOW. Crystal is a [...] Continue Reading...
Summer reads: the best seller, a best written book and a book I wish I wrote
It is Thursday and it is the day I write about books. Because this is a personal finance blog I have been either writing about books on something related to money and finance, or on other books but drawing lessons about money. Today I’ll do neither; instead I will draw [...] Continue Reading...
Money lessons from unexpected sources: the importance of time
I do realise that you, my readers, have probably come to expect more from me, including my taste in literature. I love good, thoughtful and thought provoking books be these novels or technical, this is true. At the same time, and please try not to be disappointed, from time to [...] Continue Reading...
There is nothing wrong with quitting; but you have to know what to quit and why are you quitting
Well, the title of this post is a paraphrase of something I read a long time ago in a Russian novel. A guy was talking to his son who had just been in a bad fight; his admonishment was: ‘There is not much wrong with fighting but you have to [...] Continue Reading...
For the love of life and money
I have to say that this post took me far too long to write. I am a fast writer, true, but this was hard. On the one hand, I have pledged that I’ll build a repository of book reviews that my readers can refer to – either to decide whether [...] Continue Reading...
It is all in the mind: about causality and the millionaire mind?
During the last week, two of my favourite bloggers, and blogging buddies, published articles about the characteristics of millionaires. Dom at Your Finances Simplified published 10 common characteristics of millionaires you can follow and Roshawn at Watson Inc asked why do the rich get richer? Both very interesting and well [...] Continue Reading...
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