Life’s vital lessons in the dangers of self-indulgence
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Learning the dangers of indulging in instant gratification cannot begin too early in life . . . or continue too long.
In part of a slightly flippant quote taken from the Feedback page of BusinessWeek (Apr. 21), a father from [...]
What is the money for?
There are millions of web sites on the internet telling us how to make money. But I have yet to find one that has anything to say about why you need to make money.
I’m not talking about having enough money to live on. I’m talking about the constant urge to make more money — [...]
The Zen of Survival
Voluntary simplicity may be the best way to survive difficult times
However much you want to be able to have that perfect wedding, give your kids the best vacation ever, treat your nearest and dearest to a slap-up meal, now may not be the time to do it. With the uncertainty in the financial markets, higher [...]
What do you believe about money?
Are your assumptions making you poorer and more stressed out?
Money may or may not be the root of all evil (I think that’s more likely to people’s constant desire to have everything their own way), but it’s definitely the basis for a great deal of stress. One idea is that how you think about it—especially [...]
The unending pain of circular reasoning
Why trying to make yourself feel contented by acquiring more is doomed from the start
All too many of us succumb to the kind of thinking that goes like this: “If I get a [new job, new house, new car, new partner—fill in the blank], I’ll be happy.” Of course a whole industry, called advertising, exists [...]
