Archive for March, 2008
How Good Customer Service Defines a Company
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Roundup and Link Love Stuck in the Airport Again Edition
Here I am, stuck in another airport with delayed flights for who knows what reason this time? Last time it was a “crew problem.” I later found out that one of the pilots walked out and quit…on the spot. I’m not sure what the problem is today, but all I know is I want to [...]
The Key to Financial Success
Note: This article was included in The Carnival of Personal Finance #145 - Online Broker Tips Edition at Stock Trading To go.
Who do you know that is a financial success? Everyone knows or has read about someone who has had his or her share of financial successes. What made them different? What drove them to [...]
The Advantages of Keeping Your Eggs In One Basket
Andrew Carnegie was quoted once as saying, “Keep all your eggs in one basket, then take care of that basket.” This flies in the face of the holiest of the financial holy grails: diversification. Jim Cramer even has a segment on his show called, “Am I diversified?” where callers list 5 stocks in their portfolio [...]
Happy Something Or Other
As of today, March 27th, I have completed three months as a blogger. Is that a birthday or an anniversary? Maybe it’s a monthiversary…Here are a few stats:
Total feed readers as of March 26th:
545
Total page views:
174,502
Best day ever:
44,005
Number of posts:
90
Number of comments and trackbacks:
823
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What Retirement Means to Me
Most really savvy financial planners today know they have to get their clients to decide what to do during retirement. As regular “non-financial” pro’s (accumulators), we are overly focused on the gathering, the collecting, the accumulation of wealth. We fret over ten basis points on a CD or over the exact allocation of stocks, bonds, [...]
Free Books!
I’ve got quite a list of various gently used books that I’m planning to give away for FREE. If you’d like to be on the receiving end of these, send me an email using the code at the bottom of my RSS feed from your reader and I’ll include you in the drawing. I’ll give [...]
Dancing the Three Step Personal Finance Waltz
A waltz is a classic, three step musical composition with the old 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 rhythm. It is a joy to dance (with a little practice and a great metaphor for personal finance. Many great things come in three’s. The classic rock and roll songs have three cords, a [...]
My Review of Entrecard
This is a <a href=”http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/heres-my-new-blogging-schedule/”>Monday Morning Quarterback</a> Review of Entrecard.
Overview
Entrecard is a social network that takes a different slant than most. You have an online business card, an Entrecard, that you “drop” on the sites of other member bloggers. You place this Entrecard on your blog as a 125×125 ad box with a “Drop Yours” [...]
Do Not Question Authority
Comments have been turned off due to the large amounts of hate mail and “you’re stupid” type comments disguised as science. You proved my point!
** Off Topic Post
Ever notice how some things are beyond question? The simple act of questioning certain ideas puts you in a class or group of people considered to be [...]
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