In August 2018, I posted Merry Christmas 2024! about a plan to pay off my mortgage early. As phase one of that plan, from August…
I recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal about school children in the United States having too much homework. The article asserted that…
What is a polder? The Dutch word polder technically means diked in and drained low-lying land. For centuries, the Dutch have reclaimed land from the…
What is your persona? How do you present yourself to others? How do they perceive you? Does your persona help you? Does your persona limit…
How many times do you laugh a day? Don’t know? Set a goal to laugh at least three times a day. Being able to laugh…
Indian scholars released a study on reported deaths attributed to selfies titled “Selfies: A boon or bane?” (July 2018). They found ninety-eight people reportedly lost…
Sampo Yoshi is a philosophy meaning, “Good for the seller, good for the buyer, and good for society.” Developed during the Shogunate era (1185 to…
Annually, UBS hosts the Young Successors Program, a three-day workshop for scions of wealthy families. In the workshop, these rich “kids” hole up in a…
When I’m thinking about spending money on something, I ask myself, “Am I working for that?” For example when a bottle of water at the…
Throughout August, we bought groceries at Whole Foods, Natural Grocers, Safeway, and Walmart. We were exploring what each store offered, what the prices were, and…