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I made the top 20 in the FNBO challenge!

08.10.2008

Basically FNBO Direct held a competition asking you to make a 60 second video explaining what you were saving for and what obstacles you were facing.

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Becoming richer than Rockefeller

06.08.2008

How could I possibly be richer than John D. Rockefeller? With as wealthy as he was, he could have had anything that money could buy. But what a few hundred dollars may buy today, couldn’t be bought with millions 150 years ago.

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Parable of the Talents

05.28.2008

Stewards are required to take risks: It is interesting to me how upset the master got with the steward who took no risks. The other two stewards did take risks and reaped the rewards. I often wonder why the parable didn’t contain a steward who lost some of the investment. But either way, I think we are led to believe that the primary frustration of the master was that the steward was lazy and didn’t even try.

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Money and God

03.26.2008

I just visited an old friend of mine this weekend and we talked quite a bit about money and God. It was eye-opening for me to talk to someone who had a completely different mindset on money than I did. He has been on the opposite extreme of the American way of living extravagantly off of credit cards.

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Only $25 and a gym bag

02.23.2008

Could you build a life with nothing but $25?
I found an interesting article about a young college grad who decided to try an interesting social experiment: starting over with nothing.
Adam Shepard left his comfortable existence to see if the “American Dream” was a reality. His goal was to go from owning nothing but $25 [...]

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Don’t Save it all up for Retirement

01.16.2008

There is a balance between preparing for the future and waiting until the future to enjoy life. I used to be out of balance by spending everything I had and more and having no thought about the future.

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Chuck Feeney: Secretly giving away billions

10.09.2007

I found this story about this billionaire named Chuck Feeney, who from what I have read about him was a great example of someone who understands that money is NOT the root of all evil.

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A simple act

08.28.2007

I was driving home from work yesterday and I saw a man begging on the off ramp by my house. As I drove past I had this strong compulsion to go take him out to lunch and talk to the guy. This was about the last thing in the world that I WANTED to do.

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Shopping online

07.19.2007

But, recently a couple transactions are causing me to doubt the online shopping world. One was an ebay purchase to buy a set of speakers, which was from a seller with hundreds of transactions and a 100% positive feedback score. The other was a memory stick for my PC from newegg.com.

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