Category: Personal Finance
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245 Jon Gordon: How to Transform Your Environment
About Jon Gordon Jon Gordon’s best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous Fortune 500 companies, professional and college sports teams, school districts, hospitals, and non-profits. He is the author of 23 books including 10 best sellers and 5 children’s books.…
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I Didn’t Have the Courage to Become a Millionaire
I will speak for myself first. More than once I had the opportunity to become a millionaire, but I was too afraid of failure and of success, so I never took those opportunities. Investing in the stock market The first time was when I decided to invest in the stock market. I offer some friends…
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244 Michael Heller and James Salzman; the Hidden Rules of Ownership
About Michael Heller Michael Heller is the Lawrence A. Wien Professor of Real Estate Law at Columbia Law School. He is the author of The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives. Where to find Michael Heller Columbia Law SchoolTwitterLinkedIn About James Salzman James Salzman is the Donald Bren…
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It’s always been fashionable to denounce income inequality. Not me.
I have been poor almost my whole life (by Canadian standards), yet I don’t complain about my poverty. Here are some examples of my poverty: I worked as a janitor in an office building cleaning toilets and vacuuming carpets at 3:00 am I worked as a busboy cleaning tables at more than one restaurant I…
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243 James Oakes; Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
About James Oakes James Oakes, is a Distinguished Professor at City University of New York one of the leading historians of nineteenth-century America, has an international reputation for path-breaking scholarship. In a series of influential books and essays, he tackled the history of the United States from the Revolution through the Civil War. His early…
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How To Get Started With Cryptocurrencies
(Unsplash CC0) Many people are interested in investing in digital currencies, but getting started can sometimes seem quite overwhelming. Just where do you begin? It can seem quite complicated, especially when you’re a beginner, but thankfully, the steps involved are relatively easy. #1: Learn as much as you can about cryptocurrencies Which cryptocurrency should you…