Why There Must be Room to Fail
An important aspect of mastering your career and money situation revolves around making room to fail at times. Take your finances. True, a maxim of legendary investor Warren Buffett is, “Rule No.1: Never lose...
Category: Develop the Finance Career
4 Rules for Getting a Loan
Most of us will at some point in our lives think about getting a loan from a financial institution. This could be anything from a personal loan, to a mortgage to one that gets you through your student...
4 Areas to Manage Your Money
Ok, it’s time to manage your money. Careers and personal finance go hand in hand, in my view. And so it’s time to infuse more of this thinking into this site. Yes, I’ve been...
Beware of the Single Point of Failure in Your Career
Let’s start with a definition for a single point of failure. In the words of Wikipedia, this is “a part of a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working....
10 Ways to Deal with Stress
Stress is part of everyday life. It’s not something that your average finance professional can avoid. And it’s certainly not something you can avoid if you are the ambitious type. But how you deal...
Accepting Procrastination
Accepting procrastination doesn’t come easy for most of us. The thing is, there are always things we need to sort out. Very often they are important. Big impact things, if you will. Health stuff....
How to Negotiate Your Salary (Even in These Challenging Times)
So, you’ve navigated the interview process and just been offered your dream job. Now the hard work begins – it’s time for the dreaded conversation. It’s time to negotiate your salary and benefits. And...
Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying
“Get busy living or get busy dying,” is one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption. Maybe it’s a tenuous link for this post but bear with me....
Unintended Consequences of COVID
Most of us have had a fair bit of time to think about the coronavirus. After all, it’s pretty much upended our way of life. The way “things are supposed to be” won’t “be”...
4 Things COVID-19 Has Taught Us About Our Careers
COVID-19 has changed our world. Yes, that’s a statement of the obvious. But the speed at which it has upended whole industries has taken everyone by surprise. Jobs will be lost that may never...
