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Business and Personal Finance for Millennials

Entries for April, 2008

Why You Should Ask For Potential Employer References

“He get’s bitchy sometimes.  Just understand that it has nothing to do with you, it’s just his personality.”
The words of wisdom from a co-worker on my fourth day in the office, and subsequently his last, rang through my head today as I entered my bosses office and realized he was in one of his “moods.” [...]

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Anecdote: The Power of Cash

Tonight Mary and I had the chance to eat at a very wealthy person’s house in Dallas.  This house is AMAZING.  This house is probably 10,000 square feet, and they had a “mile of wood trim” throughout their game room.  It was very impressive, and it sits on one of the most visible places in [...]

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Me?…Top 10!!??

I’ve been writing a blog for about 3 months now and am very pleased and surprised to have seen my readership grow exponentially.  All of this has occurred organically by my reading and participating on other bloggers websites, and the grace of google (although someone found the site by searching for “how to ask out [...]

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Ten Pointers to Successful Haggling

To build off my last post on how haggling builds confidence, I’ve decided to get you started on the right track by including 10 pointers for haggling.

The more you buy, the more of a discount you can get.  Mary and I went shopping for a new TV for her parents at Best Buy, and I [...]

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Trouble Getting Dates?…Try Haggling

Note: At the suggestion of a reader I am splitting the post into two separate pieces.  Stay tuned for 10 Steps to Haggling!
When I was younger I had very low self esteem, there was no reason for me to be shy and scared to talk to girls, but I was.  I was scared of them [...]

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Positive Peer Pressure

Note: I sincerely apologize for the lack of posts over the last week.  It has been a very hectic week for Mary, Myself, and My family.
For the first time in my adult life I experienced positive peer pressure, and it made me glad to have the friends I have.  The other night I called one of [...]

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The Time Is Now

“The time is now” is a saying that was and is still used as somewhat of a motto at my high school. If I was walking through the halls in school and saw the assistant principal (who also happened to be an intimidating drill sergeant), he would look at me and in an intimidating fashion [...]

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