Posted in Jobs on Oct 27th, 2009
I wanted to highlight a post I wrote for Wisebread a while back that I really think flew under the radar when I first published it. For whatever reason, it didn’t seem to ring true with many people even though I keep seeing more and more instances that remind me of this question: are you [...]
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Posted in Tips on Oct 26th, 2009
The other day I was flipping through the complimentary Men’s Health Magazine that I got from running the Urbanathlon last weekend. One of the sections included tips to battle bad habits. Habits like spending too much in front of the boob tube. As someone who’s had his own personal struggles with TV watching, I was [...]
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Posted in Real Estate on Oct 20th, 2009
That’s the question I’m asking in my latest post over on Wisebread. The gist is this: with so much information available on the Internet, can’t we do most of the things real-estate agents claim to do ourselves? I like the analogy of the travel agent—are any of those still around? If so, business is probably [...]
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Posted in Finance on Oct 19th, 2009
This past Saturday, I ran the Chicago Urbanathlon for the second year in a row. It’s basically an 11-mile race with an obstacle course mixed in. You see that pretty wall in the picture? That’s the finish line. I ran the race last year for the first time and it was quite the experience. My [...]
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