“A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.” — William Feather Previously, I’ve covered what you need to do when you budget, ranging from getting a massage to having a family meeting, but I’ve never really covered why you need to budget in the first place? It’s … Read more
“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it” –Mae West Have you ever had that person in the office who has a bowl full of chocolate candy, and you happen to love chocolate candy? You walk by it several times a day, each time longingly looking at the chocolate, imagining the delicious taste as … Read more
What does this mean of investing? What is the purpose of having money? Is it so that you can put it in a bathtub and roll around in dollar bills (or hundred dollar bills) a la Scrooge McDuck? Money is used to purchase the things and the services that you want. Just as Austrian economist … Read more
“Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” –Garrison Keillor How often have you been driving along on an empty road, with nobody visible for miles and miles – or at least to the next terrain feature – when a car … Read more
I don’t want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to make burgers. –Doug Coupland I don’t eat them often, but, goodness, I enjoy grilling burgers. I’ll give you an incentive to read the rest of this article. At the end, I’ll give you my kick-(censored) hamburger recipe. I know. I’m about to … Read more
He is NOT your parents’ friend. Do you worry about what’s going to happen to your parents as they get older? Are you concerned that at some point, they’re going to think that there really is a Nigerian prince holding their unclaimed money? Anxious that a less than scrupulous salesman is going to sell them … Read more
“There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.” –Mahatma Gandhi Recently, my wife’s grandmother passed away at age 90. At the viewing, her 89-year-old younger sister came to pay her respects. This would normally not be a noteworthy occasion, except, in this case, they’d not seen each other … Read more
“More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies.” –Rudyard Kipling “The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.” –Unknown All too often, people plan for their retirements using a vague notion of some time in the future and some system that will take care … Read more
“An expert is a person who avoids small error as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy.” –Benjamin Stollberg When I first got out of college, I rebelled against the system. For four years, I’d been forced to keep my room clean, straight, and spotless, and was subject to unannounced inspections. Failing those inspections could … Read more
“The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.” –Marcus Tullius Cicero “I think maybe ten years from now, I’m hopefully going to be, in like, Tahiti or something. Kicking back like in my huge mansion, if everything goes right, it’s all up to me.” –Corey Haim When my … Read more