Money And Relationship: Navigating Dangerous Waters
Figuring out finances can be frustrating.When you have money problems, you are going to have relationship problems – count on it.— After communication issues, one of the biggest complaints I hear from...
View ArticleTouching the Past: Why is History Important?
Dr. Alun Withey on the tangible effects of history and why he finds it so interesting.___I was talking to a colleague recently about what first got us fired up about history. I’ve loved history since...
View ArticleAchieving Financial Freedom On A Modest Income
Financial Freedom is a dream for every dad out there. Think about it, financial freedom means freedom of choice and time.You can listen to the podcast here.You and your wife have great kids, a...
View ArticleThe Four Factors That Decide How We Feel About Income Inequality
Embed from Getty ImagesBy Adrian Furnham, UCLSometimes it is hard to nail down exactly how we feel about disparities between incomes, but emotions certainly run higher after a financial crisis and a...
View Article5 Tips to Eliminate the Fear of a Financial Transition
—You’ve made a decision to take a different direction in life, whether it’s to leave a corporate job for self-employment, go back to school to pursue a new career, leave the workforce to raise a...
View Article4 Benefits To Freelancing As A Single Parent
When you think of freelancing, you probably think of people who sit in the corner at Starbucks with a laptop, pounding away at the keys for hours. While some freelancers choose to work from coffee...
View ArticleRepairing Your Relationship with Money
Embed from Getty Images—When we hear the word “relationship”, it’s normal to think of relationships with human beings, and particularly one’s relationship with our significant other. However, as a...
View ArticleNational Pharmacare for Everyone in Canada
Embed from Getty Images—Professor Gordon Guyatt, MD, MSc, FRCP, OC is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact and Medicine at McMaster...
View ArticleYour Obsession With Travel Sure Feels Classist To Me
— It happened again today. Someone on Facebook shared a photo from a recent trip to Asia and announced, “I don’t even know how life would be worth living without travel!” And then I found myself...
View ArticleTrue Prosperity
No one can deny the important role money plays in our lives. It puts a roofs over our heads, food on our tables, and—if we’re lucky—a few dollars, here and there, to put away for that proverbial “rainy...
View ArticleAn Important Finding: Income Inequality is Neither Ubiquitous nor Inevitable.
— Rising levels of inequality has become a key political issue in recent years; “the defining issue of our time,” as Barack Obama described it back in 2013. It was at the heart of the Occupy movement...
View ArticleWho Emits More Than Their Share of CO₂ Emissions?
— Our World in Data presents the empirical evidence on global development in entries dedicated to specific topics. This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on CO₂ and other...
View ArticleCan You Be Creative on Schedule?
Imagine if you had the ability to tap into your creativity anytime, on demand, and joyfully so! You would accomplish so much more in your business and life. You could more effectively fulfill your...
View ArticleHow Can Forex Trading Change Your Life
— To paraphrase a famous writer, “Forex can change your life. But for the better? Well…” There are lots of articles talking about the risks of online forex trading. But, when it comes to the question...
View ArticleTrack Spending to Find Savings
Savings = Income – Expenses. It is the time to talk about the Expenses part of the equation. Once you understand your expenses, you can control them. Understanding what you spend on is the key to...
View ArticleThe Three Biggest Lessons from the Past Decade
— One of the things I learned from listening to Jim Rohn’s audio programs such as The Weekend Seminar and The Art of Exceptional Living was to take time to “run the tapes.” Rohn was referring to the...
View ArticleWages of Husband and Wife
— Does your wife earns more than you? QUESTION: In US households where husband and wife are both wage earners, both of them tend to distort their income when reporting their wages when the wife earns...
View ArticleMentality Trumps High Income: How to Really Boost Your Savings
I’ve been reading a lot more personal finance articles that have highlighted how someone has reached a massive amount of money saved. I’ve seen even more about those who have retired early with...
View ArticleThe Result of Lack of Income
— How do we create potential rather than penalize and diminish it? As a result of the loss of your job and lack of income, you have failed to make court-mandated child support payments. You have been...
View ArticleWhy Male and Female ‘Breadwinners’ Aren’t Equivalent (In One Chart)
— Here’s a quick addition to some old posts on breadwinners (here and here). Nowadays, women are much more likely to earn more income than their husbands do. But this is a shift, not a revolution,...
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