Category Archives: Income
The Top Reason Why You Should Stop Looking for a Better Job
Honestly, it costs me quite some effort and perhaps a bit of courage to write this article; finally, after having seen the book quite some times in my local bookstore but having ignored it due to its simple title, I decided to buy Rich Dad, Poor Dad - if it would have been called “an empiric study about the financial development of… ” I would have bought it sooner, in the end I currently live in Germany. I have still not read the entire book, and read through the first two chapters only yesterday. But still, I can say that those first two chapters have pretty much >> Read More
Laid off? Out of work? Life is all about creating yourself!
Author: Ev Nucci “Humankind cannot bear much reality.” T. S. Eliot No matter how bad things are, like millions before you, you can create a new future. I have, so I know what I’m talking about. You find out who people are in the bad times, not in the good. Re-writing your future is a state of mind You are never too old , it’s never too late to start anew. And if you think you can’t take steps backwards in order to take steps forward, think again. Danny Aiello began acting at 40, Rodney Dangerfield at 42, Gloria Stuart was 78 when she was nominated Best >> Read More
The Ever Changing Rules of Personal Growth
I am currently visiting my parents for Christmas in my home town in The Netherlands, where I occasionally meet up with old friends while I am here. Yesterday, I met up with a very good friend of mine, and we started discussing our intentions for 2010, as New Year’s Eve is approaching. Besides the well-known health issues, and our intentions to do more sports, we had a long discussion about money. My friend had recently read a number of books and articles on career making and growing wealth in general, and his idea was that we had simply learnt many wrong things from our parents and >> Read More
Planning Early Retirement
Author: Jim Roche NJ “Flying by the Seat of Your Pants” might have worked just fine while you were employed, but ignorance or mistakes in early retirement planning can cost you dearly. Retiring early, choosing the wrong investments, withdrawing too much money or failing to plan for health-care costs can all turn your golden years to brass. Although there is no guarantee you’ll avoid unpleasant surprises if you plan — but you can probably tip the odds in your favor. Here’s a checklist to get you started. (As you get going, your Retirement Planning can help you >> Read More
The International Workplace and its Limitations
We are so proud of the fact, that we are so international and the world is at our feet; the world has become so small, we can travel to anywhere in the world within 24 hours, live a few years in Asia, make a career in Europe, and then settle down perhaps in Brazil at the age of 55. Or are we? A discussion I had with a friend of mine yesterday, actually demonstrates that we are proud of something that does not really exist. My friend comes from an Eastern European country, is well educated, and has worked for my company here in Germany for over a year as an intern. She has paid her taxes >> Read More
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