What if you didn’t need more money to live the life you want? What if you could live on less, spend less time on your business, and still be happy? This is the founding principle behind “lifestyle design”–a term that has become popular since Tim Ferriss released his book Four Hour Work Week. The idea [...]
Continue reading...3. November 2009
Review: Ramit Sethi’s I Will Teach You To Be Rich Boot Camp. Have you ever felt like your money was in control of you, instead of the other way around? Do you desperately wish your life wasn’t controlled by credit card payments and bills–and you just need a little help to get turned around? I’m [...]
Continue reading...2. April 2009
I’m incredibly angry about what has happened in our country in the past several years. At the height of the housing bubble, we had trained economists telling us that houses would never drop in value, and in 2004, with interest rates at near-historic lows, our Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, told us that we would [...]
Continue reading...31. March 2009
How do you envision your future retirement? Some shocking statistics recently caught my eye. The median IRA balance is just $55,000, and the median 401(k) balance is just $15,000. Baby boomers are working longer, since most do not have enough saved to retire comfortably. And, given the statistics, it’s likely you are in the same [...]
Continue reading...8. October 2008
The fear is palpable. I read it in your emails and I see it in your Twitters. The stock market has plunged (as I write this, two days in a row) and your retirement money is getting sucked dry. If you own a house, it’s probably worth less than it was a few years ago. [...]
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16. April 2010
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