As you can tell from the title, this piece is kind of provocative. That's the way I like it. :) I actually wrote this post several years ago and am updating it now. The promise in the title is even easier now than it was then and much easier than it was for me when I completed the task almost 25 years ago. Of course, six figures isn't what it used to be either, but I'm … [Read more...]
Recent Credit Card Moves
Since I wrote How to Earn Thousands with Credit Card Rewards there has been a good amount of change in my credit card strategy. I thought I'd share those changes with you and hear what you are doing these days with your card strategy. FYI, Quicken shows that I have redeemed about $830 so far in cash back rewards this year. Not bad, huh? That said, some of the monies … [Read more...]
My Retirement Story, Part 3
My last post was the second in the series on my retirement. If you missed it or the previous one, post one was titled I Retired! and post two was My Retirement Story, Part 2. With that said, let's continue the story. Working Out the Financials Given the bad situation at work (my boss, the business, and my lack of interest) as well as my personal desire to accomplish … [Read more...]
My Retirement Story, Part 2
Last time we started a series of posts on my retirement. If you missed that and want to read it, check out I Retired! Let's pick up where we left off. Business Results Lagging Our business was "ok" but not great. Then the perfect storm hit. Our first quarter had been propped up by a seasonal selling event where customers had to buy from us. The second quarter had … [Read more...]
I Retired!!!
Yep, I retired. At 52. Feels great. :) I'll give you all the details of why, how, etc. over three posts -- all this week. Thinking About Retirement In case you all haven't noticed, I've been writing a lot lately about retirement. And not just retirement in general, but my retirement specifically. For example, consider these posts: Various Forms of Retirement … [Read more...]
My Jobs, Introduction to the Real World
I've now shared my pre-college jobs, my college jobs, and the jobs I held while in graduate school. Today we'll cover my first "real" job. The fact that I had this job at all was somewhat of a miracle. I had set a goal of working for this Fortune 500 (top 25) years before in undergraduate school. The professor classified them as "the best" company that did what I wanted to … [Read more...]
My Current Asset Allocation
Every once in a while I review my overall asset allocation to see if/where I need to make changes. I thought sharing it with you might prove interesting as well. So here's a list of my assets (by class) and what percentage each makes up of my total assets (in descending order): Retirement Brokerage Accounts - 42.9% Rental Properties - 17.7% Brokerage Account - … [Read more...]
7 Steps to Millions More: Be Attractive
In How to Manage Your Career to Make Millions More I listed seven steps to making the most of your career. Today we will be going into details of step #4: be attractive. If you missed the other posts in this series, they are: 7 Steps to Millions More: Over-Perform 7 Steps to Millions More: Be Likeable 7 Steps to Millions More: Network Sorry, But That's … [Read more...]
Four Steps to Determine Your Retirement Number
The best book I've ever read on retirement BY FAR is Todd Tresidder's How Much Money Do I Need to Retire? (Funny story -- I couldn't find my copy of the book so I bought a new one from Amazon, started taking notes in it, and then discovered my old copy. So I may be doing a giveaway someday of a slightly used version.) :) Anyway, I thought I'd share some principles from … [Read more...]
Playing Financial Chess
As I noted in What I've Been Reading, the Leadership Team at work has been reading Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0). It's a basic management book in many ways (and yet most companies don't implement the basics) but also a very good one if you're interested in business. A quote from the book stood out to me and I … [Read more...]
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