Here's an interesting piece from Kiplinger which agrees with what I've said several times about getting annual raises as well as working to grow your career. I wanted to highlight it because I get a lot of push-back from readers on the issue of annual pay increases. Many say it's simply not realistic to get higher than 3% raises consistently. Yes, it is. I've personally … [Read more...]
Stop Making Money Excuses
Well, it's been awhile since I've had a good rant here, so let's fire one up today. ;) I've been blogging on one site or another for over 12 years now. It doesn't take nearly that long -- in fact it takes about two minutes -- to realize that people like to make excuses about why they aren't wealthy. No matter how simple the topic or suggestion might be, there's someone … [Read more...]
Skills that Can Grow Your Career and Earnings
After writing about how to grow your career earnings by learning to speak in public. I began thinking: what are the other skills that people can acquire that will grow their careers and help them earn more? After all, if public speaking increases your income potential by 50%, why not add a few others with pay bumps here and there? Sounds like a recipe for high earnings, … [Read more...]
The Value of an MBA
In The Value of Growing Your Career: A Real-Life Example I mentioned that getting my MBA was one of the vital moves I made to grow my income. Separately, I was listening to an Afford Anything podcast about careers and the issue of return rate on various career investments came up. They were talking more about seminars, training, and the like, but the same principle applies … [Read more...]
My Jobs, An Interesting Transition
Last time I shared some of my career history I left off when my company had a big downturn. Today I continue this series by giving details on the next position I held. As you recall, the company was doing poorly at a key time period and the blame was being placed on my shoulders. At the same time, a few other things were going on: As I mentioned in the last post, … [Read more...]
The Value of Growing Your Career: A Real-Life Example
In the course of writing the follow-up post to How to Go from Zero to Millionaire, Part 1 I ran a boatload of numbers on Quicken (thankfully I have 22 years of data saved) and recorded my earnings by year (for the years I didn't have, I knew my first starting salary and estimated from there until I got to the point where I had data). I'll be continuing that series with part … [Read more...]
Post-Retirement Career and Activity Thoughts
On my post titled 7 Steps to Millions More: Continue Learning and Developing Skills, one reader left the following comment: This could maybe even be its own post but how do you feel you apply this concept into your life now that you are retired? For instance: 1. Do you still try to learn and grow in your career field perhaps because you are still interested and just enjoy … [Read more...]
My Jobs, The Blame’s on Me
Last time I shared some of my career history and left off when the dot com bubble burst. Today I continue this series by giving details on the next position I held. As you recall, I made the shift to the head of marketing for a sister company when the dot com I was working for went under. The company was what I'd call a smaller mid-sized company ($300 million in sales) that … [Read more...]
How to Grow the Value of Your Career by 50%
I ran into an interesting set of comments by Warren Buffett the other day that I found very compelling -- and just HAD to share them here. Buffett was talking to a class of college students at Columbia University in 2009. While there he discussed the value of a career. Of course he put the comments in terms only he can -- as an investment with a specific value. The Value … [Read more...]
My Jobs, The Dot Com Bubble Bursts
Last time in this series I left off where my dream job had turned into a nightmare and I wanted out. Today I continue this series by giving details on the next position I held. After biding my time for two years, working hard and yet still wanting a new job, opportunity came knocking. I was approached about working for a new web start-up in our industry that had $40 million … [Read more...]
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