Journal
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We are what we have always been – a nation of immigrants and immigrant descendants exporting minimally-processed commodities, creating good businesses for people offshore to buy and relocate, and focussed not on strong income growth but income redistribution and issues of egalitarianism. We are not stuffed, just like Fiji is not stuffed, nor Albania, nor
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The below post is written by a customer service leader, on the blog of a company that sells helpdesk software. I, as a customer service professional, am amplifying it here. But it is really a nice post I read lately on the importance of customer service for any business. Check it out: Why Great Customer
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What you own will eventually own you. What you consume will eventually consume you. Therefore, be mindful of what you own and consume.
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Whenever you trade a stock, you’re saying that you’re smarter than the person on the other side of the trade, which is generally not true. And when you think that you can time the market, you’re saying that you’re smarter than the collective wisdom of the market, which is not true more than 90% of
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Blood Tests. I got my fasting glucose and fasting insulin tests done and pleased with my results. Two books. I completed reading these two little books: The rule of 72. I first heard about the Rule of 72 in this recent podcast. You can read more about it in this Investopedia article: The Rule of
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[After the dot-com crash], the lesson people learned from that was not, “I should never speculate on overvalued financial assets.” The lesson they learned was, “I should never speculate on internet stocks.” And so the same people who lost 90% or more of their money day-trading internet stocks ended up flipping homes in the mid
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This is such a great read through my blogging friend, Lance. I recommend reading the full original post here: Plucky Fulfillment Theory.
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Loved this short essay on the importance and paradox of maintenance: Maintenance: Of Everything by Stewart Brand The apparent paradox is profound: Maintenance is absolutely necessary and maintenance is optional. It it easy to put off, and yet it has to be done. Defer now, regret later. What to do? Soften the paradox and the
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Got early access to the HEY Calendar. Loving it already!
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It’s that time of year where people often start thinking about new year’s resolutions. I want to lose 10 lbs, I want to read more books, I want to x,… Commit to competence in this coming year