For my entire life until we moved into our new house I had cable, nearly every imaginable channel, and I never fathomed my life without it. Whenever I turn on a cable channel I take a step back in time to a memory of years past. Speed Channel depicts my childhood years dreaming of cars [...]
The Power of Gradual is quite possibly the most powerful force ever. It takes discipline, hard work, and time, but it has proven time and time again the best way to get things done. Have you ever placed a bucket under a dripping faucet and forgot about it? By the time you walk by it and [...]
Since I began writing, about a year ago, “Frugal” has become quite the buzzword which is practically a 180 from when I wrote “When Did Frugality Cease Being a Virtue.” I even read an article in the Wall Street Journal last week that proclaimed Frugality is once again a virtue.
When I began writing, I’m not [...]
Recently I’ve heard stories from management in my company and others about how Gen-Y is becoming a “problem,” and that managers are beginning to be intimidated by the thought of hiring us to fill the gaps left by retiring Baby Boomers. You’ve heard of our common traits: we modify the dress code, we surf Facebook [...]
I took an investments class the during the Fall semester of my Senior year in college, and when I say “took” I mean that I dutifully attended every class, sat in the front row, and tried with all my heart to understand what the hell he was talking about. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand the [...]
I’ve always been a jack-of-all-trades, never afraid trying to do something on my own, and always watching and learning how to do things. I can’t help it, was raised this way.
From a young age I pushed a toy lawn mower behind my dad as he mowed the lawn, in elementary school I spent afternoons with [...]
As I watched the Super Bowl the other week, I was reminded how much I hate commercials. I have Tivo, and so I usually fast forward through commercials, but it was the Super Bowl, you are supposed to watch for the commercials. Anyway, I really haven’t been watching TV much in the past months due to [...]
