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In his recent Friday Forward blog, author and CEO Robert Glazer, shares the “pot roast” story (you may know it): A mother was preparing a pot roast for her family’s Easter meal while her young daughter helped. Knowing her daughter
My first real job with benefits was working at a design firm as a courier. With the internet still in its infancy, we had to deliver files to our customers and this is where I came in. It was a
I regularly receive updates from the FTC as they produce some interesting content and let you know about any new or unusual activity out there in regards to trade/commerce and how some “not-nice” people out there could be looking to
Let me just tell you – I’m no handyman. Most of my repairs are done with the aid of YouTube and the help of a trusted professional. So, when my wife said she had gotten something stuck in the garbage
On the way to work the other day, I caught an interview with former Crown Financial President, Robert Dickie. It was an interesting discussion on a future economic downturn that will likely affect everyone (worldwide). Now, I give you this
This is a guest post from Christina Brown, former author of Northern Cheapskate, a frugal living blog dedicated to freebies, coupons and money-saving ideas. Christina writes from the woods of northern Minnesota, where she clips coupons, pinches pennies, and chases
I bought my very first laptop during the summer of 2000. There are cell phones today that have better specs than that laptop, but back then, it was a top-of-the-line machine. Another way to say this: I paid way more
The following was first published in January of 2015. Thought we would republish it as this is always something that remains on my (and maybe yours?) mind. What do you think? This is something I’ve been thinking about for a
Often in life, we have sudden needs or wants pop up. So what do you do about it? Charge it? Take out a loan? Go to a Paycheck Advance to get cash until payday? Wait for the government to provide
We’ve written quite a bit about the Great Depression. I think one of the reasons for this is because we’ve had family members who lived through it. Another big reason is there are many lessons that we can learn from
