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March 9th, 2010
I’m going to share with you excerpts from seven different emails I’ve received from readers in the last few days.
Kenny:
I listened to your radio discussion with Vicki Robin and I was really intrigued by the whole five year plan. I have a big dream I’d love to accomplish (being a radio host) but I feel like it’s so far ...
March 2nd, 2010
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There’s a lot of commentary on how to start a business, how to court investors, and how to sell a business. One theme that consistently falls through the cracks, however, is what it takes to, and what it is like to start up and run your own company on the ground level. For ...
February 26th, 2010
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Traveling involves a lot of trade-offs. Money is always a big issue after the decision is made to fly somewhere exotic or historical; can you afford to see all the sights and live comfortably? It’s never easy to balance what you want to do and what your disposable income allows for.
In order to ...
February 18th, 2010
Another topic I’ve been interested in is the 100 Thing Challenge started by Dave Bruno. If you read a lot of simplicity blogs you’ve probably already heard of it, but it’s a pretty simple idea: Live with only 100 personal possessions. You can always quibble about what is a “thing” – a pair of socks, ...
January 25th, 2010
The single life can be grand, but it can also cost you several grand a month to maintain a lifestyle to which you could become accustomed, therefore, you need to follow this quick and easy guide for bachelors looking to save money and still have a good time.
Cut back on your gadget intake. If you are trying to make ...
January 22nd, 2010
It seems a little early but I’ve been getting a lot of “where is my refund?”-type of emails lately. While I won’t know the answer to that question (and I shouldn’t, the IRS should be that loose with your personal information!), the IRS will. While not usually known for tech savviness, the IRS does have an online tool that lets ...
January 19th, 2010
Earlier this week, Mark Gimein wrote a great article on TheBigMoney.com detailing, statistically, how risky person-to-person lending really is. I’ve always known it to be peer to peer lending or social lending, but the article calls out the riskiness of Prosper.com, the first and one of the largest of the peer lending networks.
To look at the results of Prosper’s loan ...
January 14th, 2010
“But I don’t want to take a SECOND full-time job to earn money on the side”
15 comments — written on January 13th, 2010
You don’t have to work 80 hours/week to earn money on the side.
There are a lot of barriers we have to stepping out of our normal jobs and earning more, but I especially want to tackle this one. ...
January 14th, 2010
As someone who makes their living off the Internet, I get a lot of email every day and some days it’s very difficult to keep up. While I’ve never gotten to the point of declaring email bankruptcy, there are times when I’ve forgotten about emails because they’ve fallen off the page in Gmail. Lately, I’ve been trying to be better ...
January 13th, 2010

Earning more money: How to turn your skills into services that people will pay for
25 comments — written on January 12th, 2010
Since this is such a huge post, I’m going to start off with 3 notes.
Below, you’ll see how to take your skills and identify what “the market” — or prospective customers — will pay for
I added lots of examples ...
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