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...]
Three Top Resume Tips
Several months ago, a friend recommended I give reddit a try. He said there was lots going on at the site and I would enjoy it. "Enjoy" was not the first word I thought of when he mentioned it. I think I was more in the "fear" camp initially. But I eventually overcame my concerns, joined reddit, and spent a couple months trying to get into the flow of how things worked … [Read more...]
Five Times My Career Went Sideways and What I Learned from It
I worked for 28 years before I retired. During that time I was quite successful. I became a VP just after I turned 30. I won numerous company and national awards. I delivered great business results and thus my career advanced quickly. This allowed me to grow my income by over 8% annually. Eventually I became the president of a $100 million company with 800 … [Read more...]
Make More Money by Having Salary Conversations
If you're a money blogger, you get a lot of email. People want to post this article or that article on your site. It will be "free" of course and will likely be "high quality", "SEO friendly", and "completely unique." All they ask in return is a dofollow link to their site. You know, their gambling site, their payday loan site, or their other completely worthless … [Read more...]
