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The Courtesy of a Rejection Letter
As a fresh-faced recent college grad excited about his entry into the “real world” in the spring of 2005, I encountered one of my first soul-crushing obstacles that helped set me on a slow but sure course toward the entrepreneur I am today. I would send out job applications and never hear anything back. This [...]
New Workplace Trends: 9 to 5 is So Last Decade!
I have an old friend who works as a software engineer. He holds the same position with the same company as he did over five years ago. His salary has increased steadily each year. Coming from a traditional family where his father valued hard work ethics, integrity, and professional stubbornness, my friend was ecstatic to [...]
How to Find Legitimate Telecommuting Jobs
When I was starting out in the freelance web development business one of the biggest obstacles I kept stumbling over was the pervasiveness of “garbage jobs” and junky “job search engines” that clogged the internet. At the time I needed to be able to find remote work from real businesses and clients. During my initial [...]
Why Won’t the Rich Share the Wealth?
The age-old question. I grew up in one of the richest suburbs in Minneapolis. Everyone and their dog had a BMW, and people would take their yachts out on Lake Minnetonka for fun on the weekends. The prom was a national holiday at my high school – parents would shell out hundreds (sometimes thousands) for [...]
Wise Student, Foolish Student (Part 3)
(Also see Wise Student, Foolish Student (Part 2) for the second part of the series) Veronica, the Wise Student Continues Her College Career When we last checked in with Veronica, she was doing well in school, but making sure to balance her education with some real-world experience early on. She got a part-time internship working [...]
Wise Student, Foolish Student (Part 2)
(Also see Wise Student, Foolish Student (Part 1) for the first part of the series) Remember our good friends Veronica and Patrick? Let’s meet up with them again to see how their first year of school is going. Veronica, the Wise Student Veronica enrolled in the University of Northern Nebraska (don’t even try to look [...]
Wise Student, Foolish Student (Part 1)
Just about everyone under the sun has heard of Robert Kiyosaki’s bestselling empire Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I’ve read it myself, and for the most part it’s a worthwhile read, even for those who know nothing about personal finance. (Actually, especially for those who know nothing about personal finance!) But some of the principals in [...]
The Self Employment Test
Do you have what it takes to be self-employed? Take this short test to find out! Note that there is a difference between being self-employed, the owner of a business, a wise investor, and otherwise financially self-directed. For the purposes of this test, all fit in the same category of “not collecting a regular paycheck.” [...]
Don’t Buy the Newest Gadgets
The all-new Apple iPhone 3GS was just released. According to Apple it is the fastest, most powerful iPhone ever – it can launch websites and applications twice as fast, has voice control, satellite mapping with GPS, a built in compass, the ability to take pictures, videos, write text messages and send them all to your [...]
Perhaps Just a Bad Day
9-to-5 jobs can be hazardous to your health… or at least the health of your PC As far as I am aware, this video is authentic!
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