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Stop Acting Rich: The Relationship Between Jobs and Wealth

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When I posted Stop Acting Rich Overview and Thoughts on Wealth, Habits, and Happiness I promised that I would follow up with some thoughts from Stop Acting Rich: ...And Start Living Like A Real Millionaire on jobs people have and how it impacts their net worth. This post will cover those subjects. There's lots to cover, so let's get started. High Income Doesn't … [Read more...]

Stop Acting Rich: The House You Buy Determines Your Wealth

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When I posted Stop Acting Rich Overview and Thoughts on Wealth, Habits, and Happiness I promised that I would follow up with some thoughts from Stop Acting Rich: ...And Start Living Like A Real Millionaire on home ownership and how it impacts a person's net worth. This is the fulfillment of that promise. :) There's lots to share, so let's get to it. How an Expensive … [Read more...]

Stop Acting Rich Overview and Thoughts on Wealth, Habits, and Happiness

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As many of you know, I read a lot. I read many financial blogs (around 200) and always have a stack of books on my shelf waiting to be read. I've been that way most of my life and thus have read thousands of books in my lifetime. I've probably read a thousand alone on the topic of personal finance, and let me say, most of them are not great. That's why I have a book … [Read more...]

Can Getting Up Early Make You Wealthy?

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You may have noticed in this site's right sidebar that there's a section titled "what I'm reading now" about two-thirds of the way down the page. Listed there is a book titled The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM). I actually read it for the first time a few months ago and have been re-reading it again both for … [Read more...]

Seven Rewarding Reads for the Beach

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Now that summer is almost over, I'm getting around to posting this. :) Money magazine had an article in their July issue that lists "seven rewarding reads for the beach". The idea is that these are good personal finance books to read while you're lounging at the beach. I'm thinking that if they are good for the beach, they're good for home too. :) Anyway, I thought … [Read more...]

What I’ve Been Reading

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Here's an interesting piece from the Business Insider. It's titled: "A self-made millionaire who studied 1,200 wealthy people found they all have one — free — pastime in common". Want to guess what that pastime is? Yep. Reading. The highlights of the piece: In his research, he noticed a pastime the rich have in common: They self-educate by reading. "Walk into a … [Read more...]

The Best Personal Finance Books of All Time: Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing

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This post is the latest in my series on the Best Personal Finance Books of All Time. As a refresher, we've already covered: The Millionaire Next Door The Richest Man in Babylon Today we'll discuss The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing which is probably my favorite investing book of all-time. (And one of my only five money books you ever need to read.) Since … [Read more...]

The Best Personal Finance Books of All Time: The Richest Man in Babylon

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I have read hundreds of books on all sorts of financial topics -- general money management, investing, retirement, and on and on. Unfortunately the vast majority of them aren't worth the paper they are printed on. They are poorly written and contain little valuable information. That said, there are many books that stand out for one reason or another -- and I mean this in a … [Read more...]