Learning / Experience / Financial

So here’s the latest financial picture (which doesn’t include at least two other positive large accounts (5 figures)). I was able to find a place on Mint.com that actually showed Net Worth over time. Shown below: The HUGE shift in last August / September’s transition was because some accounts weren’t added until later. On another

We’ve all heard it before. The fabled saying “Failure is not an option”. Although there are instances for that (rare as they are), I would say that for the majority of scenarios that we come across are the opposite. Failure is the ONLY option. Without failure, there’s no way to learn… And I would say

Wow! I’m now WAY in the green! The value of my assets is now well into the 6-digit realm. I’ve actually had to take steps to lower my taxable income (marginal tax rates). One simple “move” actually saved me $450. My company has somewhat “taken off”. Although I’m still WAY behind my main goal at

I’m now understanding why the term “Stealth Wealth” exists. “Stealth Wealth” is based on the idea that poor people will kill and eat you if they know you are rich (from http://wikiality.wikia.com/Stealth_Wealth). I was reading some of the comments at: http://money.msn.com/investing/the-worlds-top-billionaires-2012 and I must say, it was some scary stuff. It’s no wonder why some of the billionaires

So I met these guys today… You may or may not know who they are. However, you may have heard of Groupon. These guys are the founders of Groupon (the world’s fastest growing company in history) [as of the writing of this].