Suppose I was trying to sell you an investment, and I asked you to give me a sizable amount of money, say $50,000 — but I’m not actually giving you …
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Remember when you were twelve, and you promised your mother you’d wait here after school until she or your father left work to pick you up? As soon as you …
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“…marketing executives are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.” – David Ogilvy …
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Being Easter weekend, this seemed like a good time to set aside financial matters for a change and talk about quality of life. If you’re like most people, you’ve felt …
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They call it the “gig economy” or the “sharing economy.” It’s made up of people who cobble together a living based on multiple part-time and/or temporary jobs, stitching together the …
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“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” — Omar Khayyam We want it badly. Our parents want it for us — at least that’s what they said when …
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A chapter from my past made me think about what it means to be intelligent and what it takes to succeed. Years ago, my high school physics teacher, in a …
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A Netherlands non-profit plans to send 40 men and women on a one-way trip to Mars. To date, they have received over 200,000 applications for a seat. The Mars One …
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For a brief time the NASDAQ was outperforming both the S&P 500 and Dow on a yearly basis. That was before the big bummer where the tech-heavy NASDAQ got hammered, …
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As seen on TV’s endless discussion of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, everyone is looking for the black box. It would probably help speed things up if more people …