Tag: Money

I have four books that I’ve published myself. Three are on Amazon as paperbacks and Kindle, and a fourth is only available on Kindle. Despite all sorts of other projects I’ve worked on, my books represent nearly all of my income. Just ten years ago, before good self-publishing tools became available, this would not have…

A quick preface to say that a lot of people are in real poverty through little or no fault of their own, and that’s a sad thing. I would like for them to have it better, and agree that to some degree it’s worth forcing the richest to pay for them. That said, I think…

Most of us, especially people like you who have come to read this blog, value freedom. And not the corndog and bald eagle variety, but the ability to make a wide range of decisions that affect the outcome of one’s life. Freedom may not be everything; the single billionaire can do almost anything he likes,…

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m pretty frugal. I like spending money on things like the island, travel, and good food, but I also like saving money. I spend very little money frivolously, and don’t have an overwhelming appetite for luxury. I don’t make much money, either. I’m content to have enough income to fund my…

I think that the way most people spend money is absolutely nuts. I see people buying things they can’t really afford, or things that will have no lasting impact on their lives whatsoever, and I cringe. Be frugal, I want to yell. On the other hand, there are people who go way out of their…

Imagine a story. Maybe it’s a novel or a movie or a long running TV show, whichever you prefer. The beginning of the story is your life so far. It’s been compressed a lot, so it’s not too long, but it has all of the highs and lows, and some of the key moments that…

“Are you kidding me? I’ve been telling everybody that you write a blog post every single day!” Sebastian just learned that I fell off of my writing-every-single-day habit, and became outraged. One thing led to another, and before you know it, we’d shaken hands and a bet was made. Both of us will be writing…

I dropped out of school during my sophomore year of college. I was a little bit scared to do it, but I followed through because I was certain that I didn’t want to get a normal job or do anything else that would make use of a degree. Dropping out was one of the best…

A quick little post today on my routine that I go through when I’m stuck. Let’s say that I’m programming and I’m hitting a wall, maybe I’m getting frustrated that I can’t figure something out, and I feel like I’m spinning my wheels. Despite being a supreme genius of the universe, this happens to me…

This post is a guest post from my friend Brian Sharp My post before this was a kind of therapy / Buddhism / personal growth kind of deal, but I also spend a lot of time thinking about how to run effective teams and to be a responsible, thoughtful manager of people. It is my…