I don’t comment on advertisements very often, and when I do, it’s usually to skewer it, as I did with Hyundai’s “Dollars and Sense” ad campaign. Advertisements are designed to sell products, after all, and they use a lot of.
Topics: Getting Started, Shopping

One of the best concepts from Your Money or Your Life is that of the fulfillment curve. Basically, the idea argues that there’s a sweet spot for anything that maximizes the fulfillment you get out of it. If you spend more, your fulfillment starts.
Topics: Your Money or Your Life

After writing my piece yesterday on fear and the economic situation, a very eloquent reader named “Maggie” wrote to me:I completely agree with your assessment on the economy, particularly if you’re young. There is no crisis that is...
Topics: Investing, Retirement

Last Sunday, I posted a detailed review of Mark Forster’s excellent time management book Do It Tomorrow. During the review, I mentioned that I had actually started using several of the ideas from that book, mixed them together with ideas from...
Topics: Personal Productivity / Personal Development

Over the last several days, many readers have asked for my take on the economic crisis. I’m not an economist - my opinion is just that of an average person who has read a number of economics books and talked to a lot of people from all walks of...
Topics: Getting Started