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Posted in Jobs on Jul 15th, 2009
I was over at Ramit’s site today and read Charlie Hoehn’s new 30-page e-book on recession-proofing your job. Great, great stuff. I won’t spoil it for everyone, but he’s got some great thoughts on how to go about protecting yourself during these tough times. Not only that, it’s really a primer on how to get [...]
Posted in Money and Relationships on Jul 14th, 2009
Stressing out about the future is perfectly normal. If you didn’t stress out about it, then you wouldn’t be normal. That, and I would really dislike you. Anyway, lately there have been some very specific questions relating to money that are stressing me out: Do we (M and I) make enough money to buy a [...]
Posted in Jobs on Jul 13th, 2009
Regardless of the type of career you’re in or would like to be in, one of the biggest obstacles standing between you and “the next level” is a lack of experience. How many times have we all heard that after a job interview we thought went really well? Employers won’t give you a shot unless [...]
Posted in Finance, Real Estate on Jul 7th, 2009
James Surowiecki has another great article in last week’s New Yorker where he compares the regulation of financial products (or lack thereof) to the way everyday products are regulated. With consumer goods, there are reliable third-party watchdogs, like Underwriters Laboratories and Consumer Reports. In finance, third parties—like debt-management services and mortgage brokers—are often conflicted at [...]
