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May 2009

More Evidence Showing That Losing Weight Is Correlated With Becoming Wealthier

May 30, 2009 · 11 comments

in discipline , health , wealthbuilding , weight loss

If you lose a lot of weight, you’re more likely to also gain in wealth.  Thus finds an Ohio State University study from a few years ago.  The basic idea, as I understand it, is probably that (1) those motivated to lose that much weight will also be motivated to improve their finances and (2) [...]

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May Success Summary and Link Roundup

May 30, 2009 · 9 comments

in blog(s) , link roundup , reading recommendations

So here are a few updates from the past two weeks or so around here.  May’s activities have not been as immediately stellar as April, but a good, consistent follow-up. Two major points of note: I made the switch to the Thesis theme after searching long and hard several times for another free theme, but [...]

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ABC’s UN-BROKE: Personal Finance For Dummies, or Useful Infotainment?

May 30, 2009 · 7 comments

in financial education , financial planning , news and updates

Did you see UN-BROKE: What You Need To Know About Money On ABC Friday night?  Starring Seth Green, Samuel L. Jackson and Christian Slater, the one-time special purports to help educate us (or those who don’t know) about personal finance.  We can call it the celebrification of personal finance.
I didn’t catch it on TV, but [...]

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As Canadian Bank Earnings and Economy Go Down, Canadian Dollar is Up

May 29, 2009 · 3 comments

in Canadian dollar , Canadian economy , banks , deficits , inflation

The Canadian business news equivalent of “if it bleeds, it leads” has got to be the quarterly earnings reports of the Big Five banks.  This week it’s the Royal Bank of Canada, reporting its first losses since 1993.
It’s one seeming irony that Heather Scoffield has pointed out - for so long it’s been the other [...]

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A Journey Like No Other: Following the Wealth Pilgrim From Adversity to Personal Transformation and Financial Freedom

May 28, 2009 · 0 comments

in achievement , interviews , psychology , success , wealthbuilding

I’ve been very fortunate to meet and be able to speak with author and founder of the Wealth Pilgrim, Neal Frankle, CFP — someone with a truly amazing and inspiring story.  Not only is Neal a Certified Financial Planner, he is also a great motivational writer, blogger and speaker.  He has appeared on radio and [...]

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Career Renegade by Jonathan Fields - Book Review (Part 2)

May 28, 2009 · 3 comments

in achievement , books , careers , lifehack , self-employed

May 26th, 2009: I couldn’t get to sleep last night because of this book.  (read part 1 of the review here) It just had me completely wound up in all the possibilities that exist for us to really take control of our lives.  The world is changing.  The old models of education, learning, teaching, publishing, [...]

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Career Renegade: How To Make a Great Living Doing What You Love by Jonathan Fields - A Review

May 26, 2009 · 5 comments

in achievement , careers , lifestyle design , self-employed

May 24, 2009 (aft).  I’m out enjoying the Sunday long-weekend sunshine and walking along, I get sucked into a Barnes & Noble.  I decide I’m going in to buy a copy of the Four-Hour Work Week for my Dad for Father’s Day, but on my way to the business section, I see a copy of [...]

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