While doing research for my book, I’ve been spending some time digging into building friendships and relationships with people around you. How valuable are they, really? How can you make them more valuable? Are online relationships valuable at all, or … Read More
This is the eighth of twelve parts of a “book club” reading and discussion of Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover , where this book on debt reduction is teased apart and looked at in detail. This entry covers the … Read More
Mary’s True Confessions: There’s a game we play each week at my Rotary Club meeting called “Happy Dollar, Crappy Dollar”. The point of the game is to donate a dollar for each Happy or Crappy thing that happened to you … Read More
According to the recent guidelines of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development , Premier Reverse Closings have now made changes in its condominium project guidelines. They have declared that they would take transactions for constructed properties such as manufactured … Read More
From the NY Times: Court Ruling Clears Path for G.M. to Restructure A federal judge approved a plan by General Motors late on Sunday to sell its best assets to a new, government-backed company … In his 95-page opinion, Judge … Read More
Every other week, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal development, personal productivity, or entrepreneurship book of interest. At first glance, Mindset by Dr. Carol Dweck seemed to be one of those pop psychology books that I usually avoid - another … Read More
On that day, I wrote the following entry in my personal journal (edited just a bit): Sometimes I feel like my life is completely without purpose and I’m just following some invisible pattern that someone else has put into place. … Read More
One tactic I mention regularly for saving money on your food purchases is to watch the grocery store flyer for sales, then plan your meals (and shopping lists) around those sales . This tactic really works - I’ve saved quite … Read More
Given the very positive (overall) comment, email, and Twitter response to my idea of bringing back the “book club” idea for a handful of books, along with many similar suggestions for it, I’m going to follow the crowd with most … Read More