The other day I listed all the jobs I held in college and detailed what I learned from them. Today I want to continue this series by sharing the jobs I held while in graduate school. While I was getting my MBA, I had two jobs. Graduate Assistant The first was during the school year (both years). It was an assistantship where I ran the university movie theater as well as … [Read more...]
Become Wealthy by Having a High Income in a Low Cost City
I have seen tons of articles over the years about the financial impact of where you live. I've even written some of them myself. :) Today I'd like to tackle the issue of your home location's impact on your finances. The result can be pretty substantial. The Different Philosophies There are many different philosophies on why people live where they live when it relates … [Read more...]
What Financial Advice Would You Give New Graduates?
Recently I received this note from a reader: I have great news to report in than my oldest son who graduated from college this past December will be starting his first full time job tomorrow. He has a degree in industrial and entrepreneurial engineering (engineering and supply chain management). He graduated from the honor college with a 3.68 GPA and is a member of the … [Read more...]
My Jobs, College
The other day I listed all the jobs I held in high school and detailed what I learned from them. Today I want to continue this series by sharing the jobs I held while in college. As a freshman, I worked in the library as part of a work-study program. It was a simple job and for only eight hours a week. I didn't get any lasting impressions/benefits from it, though it … [Read more...]
7 Steps to Millions More: Network
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 #3: network. 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 Broad Topic Networking is a very broad topic. Many, many books … [Read more...]
My Jobs, Pre-College
I've talked a lot about managing your career, so I thought it would be interesting (maybe, maybe not, you decide) for me to detail the jobs I've held in my lifetime, what I gained from each of them, what I learned, how I grew my income, etc. I'll be doing this over a series of posts that will last a several months (I'll space them out). We'll see how it goes. Today I … [Read more...]
7 Steps to Millions More: Be Likeable
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 the second step: be likeable. So that everyone is up-to-speed, recall that we've already covered step 1: 7 Steps to Millions More: Over-Perform. Being likeable is not something that most people generally think of as a path to … [Read more...]
7 Steps to Millions More: Over-Perform
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 the first step: over-perform. This is the first thing that pops into the minds of most people when they think of succeeding at work: performing well. It is an important part of making the most of your career for sure, but it's not … [Read more...]
Career Insurance: Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset
For the vast majority of people, their career is their most valuable financial asset. Nothing else they own is likely worth as much (several million dollars over a lifetime). And even if they do have something more valuable (like an investment portfolio), it was probably earned as a result of their career. As with anything valuable, you need to take steps to protect your … [Read more...]
The Day My Most Valuable Asset Took a Hit
Many ESI readers are friends of mine and know about a career move I made a couple years ago from Michigan to Oklahoma. Several have asked me to give an update on that move and how I ended up in my new state of Colorado. It's a story full of twists and turns (and some good learnings), so I thought the rest of you might want to hear it as well. Backstory Just to get … [Read more...]
