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Category Archives: Personal Finance
The 5-Step Negotiation Process I Use To Lower My Monthly Bills By 25%
Anyone can learn the basics of good negotiation, and your monthly bills are the perfect opportunity to practice. Continue…
Smart Leaders Make Small Bets That Win Big
Smart leaders build their visions by making small and repeated bets when the odds are in their favor and avoiding big failures. Continue…
My 16-Year-Old Bike Explains Which is Best: Quality or Quantity (Hint: They’re Both Wrong)
There’s a silly debate that’s been raging since, I guess, the beginning of time. One side says, “Focus on quality! Always get the very best you can!” The other side says, “No, quantity is what’s important. The more the better!” Both sides have fair enough points, and you can see the debate rage in almost… Continue…
A Brief Guide to Selling A Business: Thoughts From My BrewPony Exit
Fellow Riskologist, Have you ever thought of starting a side business? What about selling one? If you’ve ever started a business in your spare time based on something fun or important to you, then you know two things well: It’s very exciting, and It’s a lot of work. Earlier this year, I invited you all along… Continue…
A Smart Risk-Taker is Always Building Assets
Fellow Riskologist, The other day, I was in the middle of a small negotiation with a friend whose business I’m going to help for at least the next six months. It’s exciting work that’s right up my alley, but as we went over the terms of our agreement, something was leaving me just a little… Continue…
The "Don’t Own Stuff You Can’t Fix" Plan for Life
Fellow Riskologist, A few weeks ago, I sat down in my driveway with a pile of tools, a YouTube video loaded up on my iPhone, and a little ambition. I was ready to take on the task of changing the bearings on my Subaru. It was a bear of a task. One full day. Five… Continue…
What is Risk? This Formula Will Explain Everything
Fellow Riskologist, I’m just starting to come back to life after two weeks with the flu. In between the fever-induced hallucinations and general mutterings of a mad man, it gave me the opportunity to think about risk in another light. Why did I get sick? Most people fall ill, get better, and hope it never… Continue…
The Profit In Inconvenience: Why 300 People Said No to $700
Fellow Riskologist, Hello from 39,000 feet over the Atlantic on my way to Argentina. I’m headed to Buenos Aires to run a marathon this weekend. All this sitting around in a plane has me thinking, and I want to ask you a question… Say you find an ad I posted on Craigslist for a guitar. You… Continue…
Here’s How Your Brain Could Trick You Into Paying $2,600 For A Banana
Fellow Riskologist, We all know what keeps the lights on in Vegas; it’s a never-ending stream of bad risk-takers entertaining themselves by losing money at card tables, slot machines, and roulette wheels. But the funny thing about Vegas is most people who go there don’t consider themselves gamblers. They’re just normal, everyday folks like you… Continue…