We hear a lot these days about mindfulness, meditation, living in the present, etc. These are all great. Truly. They have value. But here’s a word that seems to have fallen by the wayside: ambition. It’s not polite to speak openly about ambition in life. And there may be good reasons for this (see the final […]
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Why? Because, you can: get free books from the library. create an entire blog for free on WordPress.com (though spending $5 a month to host your own website is better). take walks for free. brew your own coffee or tea and enjoy it for almost free. pray and commune with transcendent reality for free. cook […]
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Your life will eventually be the summation of a lifetime of decisions, both large and small. A massive percent of the diseases afflicting Americans are related to lifestyle. You see those people who are stiff, brittle, and limping along at 70? This is to a large degree a function of a lifetime of decisions. What […]
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Watch out for trying to build the “perfect” career. Trying to make it perfect may massively sabotage you. You will keep changing and moving around and never settle on a trajectory. Achievement and financial success, for most of us, derive from steady application on a specific trendline. That is to say by developing valuable skills […]
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I’ve written about riding to financial independence on the trailing edge of technology. One area where you can save massively this way is by buying used cell phones. You can usually get last year’s best phone in the universe for about half what it cost new 12 months prior–saving roughly $400 on a high-end phone. […]
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Many of you are likely harvesting credit card points by signing up for new cards with fat ($500-$800) bonuses. Some of the best cards continue to pay about 2 percent cash back in perpetuity. There is a catch, however. After that first year, many cards with the fattest bonuses charge a fee, usually from $50 […]
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You are now shooting like an arrow for Financial Independence. This is a battle, and there will be winners and losers. Let’s take a look at the field. First, The Losers: Credit Card and Consumer Finance Companies. This one is obvious. The first order of financial business is always to pay off any high-interest loans. […]
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What You Might Be Doing Wrong1. You are searching for the “perfect” career. This is dangerous. You might keep changing over and over and starting over. Beware the perfect career. 2. You don’t have a theme. Related to the first point, without a theme you won’t build up a fund of skills that are valued by […]
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What Makes a Mighty Investor? Good question.A Few, Simple Qualities Make The Mighty Investor1. You know that your actions have consequences. That the daily decisions you make from moment to moment cumulatively have a massive impact on your life. That is one of the core beliefs of MightyInvestor.com–we can take cumulative action and build a […]
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Have you ever thought about working as an expatriate? Probably the key move that I made to achieve Financial Independence at 41 was living abroad and having very limited expenses for ten years. This accelerated everything.Work Abroad for a Top-Shelf Firm, The Federal Government, or an International Financial InstitutionIf you work for an elite firm […]
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