http://www.chrishotz.org Musings of a recovering financial wreck on winning in life and with money. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:32:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever had a dream that you poured all of your time and effort into achieving?  Things were going well, success was happening and then... a train wreck.  Something unexpected came up, a relationship crumbled, a business began to sour, and slowly, right before your eyes, your dream like ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/07/01/evaporating-dreams/ Warning!  Spoiler Alert.  If you have not seen Iron Man and plan to there may be possible spoilers in this post. Iron Man freaking rocked.  It was an incredibly well done movie from both a cinematic and script perspective.  I look forward to any franchise movies that follow and hope one ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/06/26/iron-man/ It's been a busy couple of weeks and I'm just now taking a few minutes to write a quick note.  Okay what really happened was a crazy MySpace app that I started using... anyway, I'm slowly weening myself off of it. Now, for today's note... I just read an article about ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/06/18/broke-boomers/ I've been working to get another blog up and running.  I plan to have it available over the weekend.  Look for a blog which follows my journey into more creative endeavours. That said, here's a short brain dump: I've completed Failing Forward by John Maxwell.  Initial thoughts, everyone needs to read this.  ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/06/11/brain-dump-mashup/ Some of you are going to misunderstand me today and get all ticked off because you think I am against tattoos.  For the record.  I'm not against anyone having a tattoo.  That said, I do think it's stupid that someone who is having trouble making ends meet or trying to ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/06/07/broke-and-inked/ We've all heard this phrase or something like it at one point or another.  The basic gist of the statement is that we need to take care of business now or taking care of it later will take more time or money or energy.  How many of us have heard  ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/06/05/pay-it-now-or-pay-it-later/ Costco accepts manufacturer coupons!  My wife located this little tip a few days ago.  We've been shopping there for years and had no idea.  We assumed Costco didn't accept coupons.  Apparently they don't go out of their way to let the consumer know.  Well, we're now informed consumers and will ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/06/04/money-saving-tip/ This is the last of my why I want to be a millionaire/billionaire posts.  We're going to wrap this up and move on to something else related to personal finance, investing or ?.    I've talked all around the original question which was "Why do I want to be millionaire?".  At the ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/06/04/why-i-want-to-be-a-billionaire-final/ I love to give.  I love to help others.  I love to be generous.  Being generous helps me be less selfish, and I can be a very selfish person!  I enjoy philanthropy.  I want to be able to give millions and millions of dollars away.  I'm not there yet (not ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/06/02/why-i-want-to-be-a-billionaire-4/ Another continuation in my response to Why I want to become incredibly wealthy.  My decision as an 8 year old (approximate guess of my age at the time), has had an impact on decisions that have changed my life.  What do I mean?  My senior year of college I came ... http://www.chrishotz.org/2008/05/31/why-i-want-to-be-a-billionaire-part-3/