Why the Rich are Getting Richer is the latest book in the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series, and Kiyosaki continues giving readers nuggets of wisdom distilled from decades of thought about personal finance. Nuggets is an apt metaphor however, because like real gold the reader…
Month: March 2018
Even God Agrees: You Should Retire Early
That’s right, I said it: Even God thinks that you should retire early. I know what you’re thinking: “Man, I just wanted to learn about early retirement. Why did you need to bring religion into this? We were getting along so well.” I’m sorry, but…
Rental Horror Story #1: Roommate’s Angry Drunken Girlfriend
Well, I just had the worst night of my life. For the last few weeks we’ve sped up work on the house to get it ready in time for when my roommate’s girlfriend came up from Georgia. She arrived in the early afternoon and things…
Be Wealthy with Others, or Poor on Your Own
It’s often said in the self-help literature and online articles that social/emotional intelligence is a key determinant of economic success, particularly in helping people up the career ladder. I can say that this is true from experience, having witnessed brilliant people get fired due to…
2018 New Year’s Resolution Update
Today will be a short post. Its been a few months since I’ve last discussed my New Year’s Eve goals, but I feel that now is a good time to rehash it. The more I focus on them after all, the more likely it is…
Is Early Retirement the Moral Thing to Do?
I was reading an article on The Green Swan recently, and blogger JW’s article Why The Government Doesn’t Want You To Retire Early which struck a chord with me. JW argues that of the US governments $6.5 trillion in revenue, 2/3rds of this comes from the…