Tag Archives: Money

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  The high cost of living high on the hog

  Growing up a redneck I was raised on the joys of manual labor, sweet tea, and southern cliché’s. I was born and bred on dirt roads where a good standard of living meant a roof over your head and food on the table, anything beyond that was luxury. And if someone happened to possess any [...]

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  Is the desire to be great, really a mistake?

  The NFL’s Hall of Fame is a shrine to the very best in professional football. Since it’s founding in 1963 the organization has memorialized 267 star athletes dating back to the beginnings of the sport in the early 20’s. Selected through votes from 44 participants of the Board of Selectors; being inducted into the HOF [...]

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  The one where I give financial advice.

  There seems to be an assumption that if someone’s in the banking industry, for say, twenty years that automatically makes them financial geniuses. Contrary to popular belief just because one majors in Economics with a concentration in Finance doesn’t by definition make them the next Warren Buffet. I don’t spend my weekends pouring over financial [...]

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  A Saccharine Existence

  Far to many of us live a saccharine existence. Much like the artificial sweetener, it promises one thing but delivers something completely different. And it’s killing us in the process.

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  Enough…do we ever really have it?

  Close your eyes. Silence your thoughts. Think for a moment about the word. Enough. Meditate on what it truly represents: contentment, satisfaction, fulfillment. Let those feelings completely permeate you. Everything you have and everything you are in this moment is totally sufficient, you are completely and utterly content. Embrace the belief of that endless internal [...]

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  You’re not the boss of me! Money and the Ex-Spouse.

  Divorce sucks. Divorce and the money thing sucks even more. After six years I’ve learned a few tricks to keep from committing murder and maybe they’ll help you to.

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