Archive for February, 2008
7 Things to Discuss Before the Marriage License
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The Riskiest Decision of Your Life
Note: This post was included in the Carnival of Personal Finance #142 hosted by The BadLady. Please check out her blog today!
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Imagine driving to a secluded airport, boarding a Cessna 172, climbing to 9,000 feet, then jumping out with only some thin strings and even thinner cloth to allow you to float [...]
Office Politics - How to Manage Your Boss, Your Co-Workers, and Yourself
Office politics are no different than any other politics. They are a generalized set of (mostly unwritten) rules that govern how we interact with each other. You may be thinking, “Nice definition, Ron, but office politics are what gets me in trouble, keeps me from advancing in my career, and keeps me from making a [...]
5 Reasons to Abandon Television
Abandoning television is a serious step in today’s society. Television is both a fantastic resource and a faceless attacker of wealth. It has the ability to inspire and the ability to depress. It can make you happy and scare you to death, it can inform and educate, but it can also help you waste your [...]
Keep Your New Year’s Resolution by Going Into MORE Debt?
I recently received an email from Citibank with the headline:
New Year’s Resolution: Pay Off Holiday Bills
The email went on to describe how transferring your current credit card balance to Citibank would help you save money because of their low “promotional” interest rate of … wait, a minute … I can’t seem to find the rate … it’s got to be here somewhere. Nope, no mention of what the rate is
Weekend Roundup: HOORAY for Trent Edition!
Trent from The Simple Dollar announced his retirement today! I hope you’ll join me in wishing him the absolute best! Trent’s blog has been a personal inspiration to me and, I’m sure, to tens of thousands of others.
Strolling through my Google home page, here are some other useful reads for this cold February weekend.
The Frugal [...]
Favorite Funny Financial Phrases
Some of these really aren’t so much funny as thought provoking. Enjoy!
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.–Anonymous
If you would like to know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. –Benjamin Franklin
The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax. –Albert [...]
8 Retail Ripoff Tactics
Think you’ve seen every retail ripoff? Think again. Here are 8 commonly used tactics used by retailers and car dealers to separate you from your hard earned dollars. Read these and be prepared for the next time!
Have You Ever Been Interrupted?
How well do you listen to others? How well do others listen to you? This past New Year’s Eve I was at a party hosted by some friends. The food was fabulous. The music was great. And I decided to try an experiment. I decided to test how well other people listened and I was [...]
Debt Consolidation - Is it a bad idea?
I’ve been contacted by many readers via email asking personal finance questions. I am always thrilled to hear from ANYONE but I get especially interested in people who are asking for help or guidance. Such was the case with one reader named “Bob,” (the name has been changed) who asked me about debt consolidation. Here [...]
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