Recently, I’ve read an article that listed 16 signs that ‘you’ve made it in America’. This was definitely an entertaining read but some of these points felt more like failure than success.
Let’s do the test together, would you? Let’s see if we are living the American Dream!
As a Personal Finance blogger, I love the diversity of view-points and topics that are around us and some of the content is really great. It helps me understand some of the big trends and make better decisions on my own journey to Financial Independence.
This month I’ve selected for you 2 great articles & 3 videos that I really enjoyed.
Let’s picture this: you’re in your office and you’ve been working on this project for days. You know management wants to see results, but it’s not going anywhere. In fact, you and your team feel like you’re going backwards and it’s exhausting. It’s a mess, the customer is unhappy and you’re running out of budget.
Now, you’re in what’s called “The Dip”. It’s a tough spot.
Should you keep going and hope for the best, or should you decide to quit now and cut our losses?
That’s tough because no-one taught us what to do once in it. Fortunately, that’s what Seth Godin teaches us in his book “The Dip : A little book that teaches you when to quit (and when to stick)”.
Two years ago today, on the 26 January 2015, I posted my first post “Why You Should Invest” on the TheMoneyMine.
We wrapped last year having accomplished almost all our goals. Almost, because we got our car totaled right before Thanksgiving. We missed our net worth target by 1%. Let’s say that was a pretty good year financially. And we had a daughter, who’s awesome, so 2016 was definitely terrific.
How’s 2017 going to look like?
Happy New Year everyone!
We just returned from our vacation on the beach in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico and jumped back right into the routine. Our Christmas tree is still up and work has been off to a slow start, so I’m still slowly getting ready for a new year.
Don’t worry, as per tradition, I’ll have a post next week with our goals for this year… and the next 5!
We are wrapping up 2016, it’s been an interesting and surprising ride (on many levels) and the holiday season is upon us to relax, reflect and plan ahead for next year.
If there was any doubt that we were just a few weeks away from Christmas, I saw my last doubts evaporate last week, like snow in Houston. In addition to Christmas trees, breakfasts, lunches and dinners coming from everywhere, I’ve had the ultimate validation only a few days back.
Crazy Christmas flight prices.
As a Personal Finance blogger, I love the diversity of view-points and topics that are around us and some of the content is really great. It helps me understand some of the big trends and make better decisions on my own journey to Financial Independence.
This month I’ve selected for you 3 great articles & 2 podcasts that I really enjoyed.
One of the richest people I’ve had the chance to meet, even if briefly, was the CEO of the company I previously worked for. He was making around 4M$/year and obviously had very expensive tastes. He liked cars a lot, especially Bentleys, Porsches and Aston Martins, so he had one of each and a few others. He also had no idea what every day things cost.
One day that he was particularly busy, he asked his assistant if she could go out and get him a sandwich. After she agreed, he gave her a 50$ bill and told her to keep the change if there was any. We all laughed at this story, this guy had no idea, he was living in his own bubble!