You may be getting tired of all this relationship stuff.  Well, bear with me for one more post after this one and we’ll get back to money matters and life.  Why am I spending so much time on this?  Because success in life is not solely measured by the size of your bank account.  It’s [...]

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I believe the way to achieve financial success can be summed up in two points.

Have a financial plan that you use
Live on less than you make within that plan

Okay, I realize that you could probably sum it up with just “have a plan” but I split it out for a couple of reasons.  First, it [...]

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This is about how to avoid marrying your in-laws, how to gauge the way your prospective spouse will behave over time and what type of relationship the two of you may end up having.  The following comments are about generalities.  Obviously sometimes there will be some exceptions, but remember, most children turn out like their [...]

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Mailman: All those kids yours?
Frank Gilbreth: Oh, these aren’t so many. You ought to see the ones we left behind.
Mailman: How you ever feed ‘em?
Frank Gilbreth: Oh, they come cheaper by the dozen.
From Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
I’ve seen both the 1950 and the 2003 movies, Cheaper by the Dozen.  Both were quite entertaining, and [...]

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This is the continuation of a series on choices in relationships.  We’ve covered a brief overview of seven tips for choosing a quality spouse.  We elaborated on the first tip and today we’ll dig into the second.
Values, integrity, honesty, politics, money.  In essence, the general ways in which one lives life.  A perfect match is [...]

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