June 2012
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feng shui at work
Thanks to Feng Shui At Work for the infographic!
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May 2012
7 posts
“CEOs regard interpersonal skills of collaboration (75 percent), communication...”
– IBM Study: If You Don’t Have a Social CEO, You’re Going to be Less Competitive - Forbes (via smarterplanet)
Seems quite plausible.
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the only impediment to change is yourself
I entered accounting for a simple reason. Having spent time in Germany during high school as an exchange student, I wanted to get back. I realized two semesters into my mathematics PhD that getting a PhD in math was clearly not going to help me achieve this goal. I also thought that it wouldn’t achieve another goal, which I believe at the time was critical: making money. So I dropped...
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long weekends, and carnivals
Brip Blap was included in three carnivals last week:
Festival of Frugality #337 hosted by Funny about Money
Totally Money Carnival #67 hosted by Don’t Quit Your Day Job
Financial Carnival for Young Adults #12 hosted by 20’s Finances
Thanks to all hosts for including my posts.
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memorial day
“It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” -Norman Schwarzkopf
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all about loans
Once again here’s an infographic, thanks to Ellipse BeautyLight.
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20 ways to outlive 106 billion people
This post was updated (there was a mistake in it earlier). Thanks to Ellipse BeautyLight for making the infographic!
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frugality or decluttering, or both
Some people don’t care for the word “frugal.” their opinion is that it combines the virtues of being resourceful, buying quality items to avoid replacing them, and saving on unnecessary purchases with the vices of a poverty mindset and denying yourself too much in the present for a future that may or may not occur. I don’t have much trouble with the word, but...
April 2012
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stability and desperation
The same people who crave stability and the idea of “never being without a paycheck” are often in the most unstable positions - they just don’t realize it. They are so dependent on the next paycheck that they can’t begin to imagine even two or three weeks without a paycheck. There are other people who never anticipate a paycheck - they are always working on freelance...
August 2011
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“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose...”
– Groucho Marx
March 2008
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poor kid blues
I was rich as a child. Just kidding. I wasn’t. I lived in humble conditions in subsidized housing. My family was so poor we used the residual heat from cooking to heat our home. I had to share a room with my brother. I didn’t get a puppy. We only had one car, and it didn’t even have air conditioning! And worst of all, I didn’t have a Wii.
Now granted the subsidized...