Opportunities fly by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone. ~Jerome K. Jerome, The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, 1889 Whether you’re talking about your investments, your view on the economy, or your approach to…
Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight. ~ Orison Swett Marden Do you have financial goals…
No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick I’ve been pretty stressed out lately over our impending move and all of the uncertainties surrounding it. In fact, I went down for the count last week with some kind of flu virus that was, I’m pretty sure, not unrelated to…
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings, 1955 Update: This article was selected for the Best of Money Carnival – 10 Investment Lessons…
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential. ~Ellen Goodman Update: This article was included…
Get me through December A promise I’ll remember Just get me through December So I can start again ~ from the song “Get Me Through December“ Markets and economics, like life, move in cycles. The only sure thing about a very long up or down-swing is that it will inevitably reverse. December is a time…
If you can’t change the world. Change yourself. And if you can’t change yourself then . . . change the world. ~ The The, from the song “Lonely Planet” I’ve spilled a fair number of pixels laying out why I think the extend and pretend monetary policies of the past few decades have been a…
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress. ~Joseph Joubert, Pensées, 1842 Who doesn’t love a good myth post? They seem to be everywhere, and guaranteed to elicit clicks galore. The minute you see a title like “10 Myths about . . .”, on financial blogs and you are compelled…
