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According to a study covered by Money Magazine, money doesn’t make people happier after they have their basic expenses covered. 42% of people who make $50-89.9K/year are happy vs. 43% of people who make $90K+/year.

I found this interesting at first because I figured anyone would be happier with a Ferrari. But I guess the long [...]

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I think we’re all crazy. We grow up, go to school where we apparently learn by sitting in a room for eight hours. After a decade and a half of this we go to work and sit for eight-ten hours a day and try to be productive. It all seems to make sense because that’s [...]

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The entire financial industry is designed to take money out of your pockets. Its unfortunate, but brokers and financial advisors are looking for commissions, fund managers are taking home huge paychecks for mediocre performance, and all at your expense. Recently, this has gotten worse with hedge funds. Most take 2% of asset value per year [...]

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Now I don’t think anyone should adopt smoking, but if you already do I think you should consider adopting the Ruyuan (meaning “like smoking”). It’s a little device that looks like a cigarette and delivers nicotine without any carcinogens. Just pure unfiltered, heart racing nicotine. It even releases smoke to give the same experience.
The Golden [...]

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Forbes recently did an article that I thought deserved mention on livvit. We’re all about ambitious lifestyles and you can’t have a great lifestyle without a great job. The article centered on jobs that are fantastics in many respects, but have downsides when you look closesly.
For example take a luxury cruise ship captain. They can [...]

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Chances are, most people out there are still using their mouse to navigate through the Windows Start Menu to find the programs they use often, or they’ve pinned them to a Quick Launch bar in the taskbar. To skim a few seconds off the time it takes to launch a program check out Launchy. It’s [...]

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Let me first say that I am a fanatic about personal finance. I’ve been studying it for years and I find it sexier than Paris Hilton… even when she’s out of her jail clothes. One of the tenets in personal finance however, is the budget. And BUDGETS DON’T WORK. They don’t work because after a [...]

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I ran into this presentation the other day and I have to say it’s a great one. The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun are:

Stop hiding who you really are.
Start being intensely selfish.
Stop following the rules.
Start scaring yourself.
Stop taking it all so damn seriously.
Start getting rid of the crap.
Stop being busy.
Start something.

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At this moment I have about 40 items flagged in Microsoft Outlook For Follow Up and if you use Outlook then chances are good that your list of items to follow up on is quite large as well. How do you know which ones need to be followed up on immediately and which can wait? [...]

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