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Toys ‘R Us is out of business. It was fun while it lasted. Did you go to the liquidation sales they held? Everything 50% off. Then next week, everything 60% off. Then 70% off. Like standard practice in these retail liquidation events, they kept having bigger and bigger discounts until everything was gone. Everything has […]

  Like millions of other Americans, I am a homeowner with a mortgage and a family.  I work to support my family and pay my mortgage.  In fact, my two biggest expenses are in maintaining my home (mortgage, utilities, maintenance, etc.) and childcare for my three kids (preschool, babysitters, activities, etc.).  With all these expenses, […]

Pills aren’t always the best solution for getting nutrition.  When in doubt, get your nutrition through whole foods instead of supplement pills.  Supplement pills are for those times when you need to increase the amount of a particular nutrient, fast.  For example, if you have severe vitamin D deficiency, you should take vitamin D supplements. […]

I’m no coffee connoisseur, but I do love my coffee. I also like to explore a little more than the average coffee lover. These days most of my coffee is brewed on a Keurig Vue V700 machine, with a Solofill refillable Vue cup for my self-ground coffee.  I grind my whole-bean coffees with a Breville […]

If you’re a less-established author like me, it isn’t always worth the cost to hire a professional editor. I know this statement is considered blasphemy in most writers circles. It’s like advising someone not to hire a lawyer. But hear me out. If you write a standard 60,000-word book and hire a good editor, the […]

getAbstract is a service that provides 5-page summaries of business books.  They also provide 2-page summaries of TED talks. Back in 2015, I read about 100 TED talk summaries from getAbstract.  Here are the top 10 that I found most useful: Why Dieting Doesn’t Usually Work Why we make bad decisions How to Live to […]

Lakeside & Tide is an artfully devised book by Jimmy Tomczak. It is his collected thoughts compiled from ten years of reading and pondering about personal growth. Instead of focusing on making money, he wrote the book with an emphasis on artistic expression and provoking thought in readers. The book is a mix of stories, […]

  Movable type printing presses were in use in both Europe and Asia by 1500.  It represented one of the greatest inventions of the last millennium.  Printing presses were producing millions of books every year by 1600. An interesting way to look at the big picture of books in history is to look at the […]

In his article 1,000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly introduces the concept that you only need 1,000 true fans to make a living. He defines a true fan as “someone who will purchase anything and everything you produce.” When someone tells you, “I’m your biggest fan,” they are a true fan. If someone comments on your […]

This article was originally published on May 4, 2016, but is still relevant today. You worked hard for your money.  You’ve also learned that the smart thing to do with money is to invest it instead of putting it under your mattress. The best way to invest your savings, according to Warren Buffett, is to […]