Today we have our latest interview with a reader who has grown their income to at least $100,000 annually. If you're interested in participating in this series, please drop me a note. This interview took place in November. My questions are in bold italics and their responses follow in black. Let's get started... Tell us a bit about yourself (age, marital status, … [Read more...]
Six Figure Interview 2
Today we have our latest interview with a reader who has grown their income to at least $100,000 annually. This interview originally appeared on my prior site and ran in January 2014. The principles below still hold true today, which is why I'm running this post. There are several more like it to follow in the coming months. After the interview, I added my thoughts on … [Read more...]
Six Figure Interview 1
Today I'm starting a new series titled Six Figure Interviews. It will feature discussions with everyday people who have grown their incomes to at least $100,000 annually. These days much of this sort of discussion is contained in my Millionaire Interviews posts, but the following originally appeared on my former site. It ran in February 2014. The series started because … [Read more...]
Five Things I Miss About Work
Did anyone see this a while ago? It's an article about Sam at Financial Samurai. He's been retired for seven years (he retired at 34) and is supposedly looking to re-enter the workforce. Here's what I see as the key parts of the post: Due to his child’s education, a slumping economy, the cost of living in San Francisco and a general ennui with the retirement … [Read more...]
A High Income is the Road to a High Net Worth
Yes, people can become wealthy while earning a low income. But it's hard to do. That's why it's sensational news when we hear about a janitor at a college who never made more than $30k per year and left $2 million to the college upon his death. It's a difficult feat and just doesn't happen that often. And yes, I realize not everyone is a doctor, lawyer, MBA, etc., so not … [Read more...]
Three Ways to Make Money
Ever since I read Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement I have been thinking of ways to earn money. That has turned into a mini-obsession as the subject seems to be popping into my mind again and again. Eventually I decided to do something and write a series of articles about earning money. Over the course of the next week or so I'll share three posts on making money … [Read more...]
How to Protect Your Career Earnings with an Employment Contract
I've talked several times about how your career is your most important financial asset. Given this, you want to treat your career like other major assets. You want to grow it, of course. But just as important is protecting it. That's why I wrote Career Insurance: Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset. One of the best ways to protect your career, but also one of the … [Read more...]
How to Grow Your Career by Volunteering
How would you like to grow your career (and work towards earning more money) while also using your skills to help others? Well, then I have something for you! Today we're going to talk about the advantages volunteering can have on your career. More specifically, we'll detail how volunteering can assist in two of the seven steps to growing your career: helping … [Read more...]
Three Career Resolutions to Make You Millions
Ok, I'm guilty! Not only am I posting one New Year's resolution article (the first was my "12 books" post), but I'm now publishing a second one! What gives? Well, I'm adding several guest posts I've done for other sites on ESI Money and this one just happens to work for this time of year. Plus, I can't have too many "make more money at your career" posts, can I? I … [Read more...]
Seven Small Things You Can Do to Grow Your Career
One foundational principle of my personal finance perspective is that your career is your most important financial asset. If you don't believe me, take an average salary (or one you expect to earn), and multiply it by 40 working years (the length of an average career). Compare that number to all your other assets. Is there anything even close? Probably not. Also look … [Read more...]
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