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Spending And Buying: How Stuff Becomes Crap
Posted in Consumerism, Personal Finance, Pitfalls on 9 September 2007

What is the best way to decrease your saving and investing capabilities? Buy tons of stuff. That stuff will eventually compile and at the end of it’s cycle, it becomes crap. First, you see something you like and chances are you only like it temporarily. You think it would be awesome to own that item [...]

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Can You Be Richer Than Someone With A Higher Net Worth?
Posted in Consumerism, Personal Finance on 27 August 2007

How do you know if you are rich? We strive to become rich, but when do we know when we’ve actually reached that destination? I looked up the term rich on dictionary.com but the definitions were not much help. The best definition I found was this:
having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, [...]

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Lifestyle Inflation: High Income, Nice Stuff, and Broke.
Posted in Consumerism, Investing, Personal Finance on 10 August 2007

Many of us will go through many stages in life. If we work hard we’ll get raises, promotions, and increased business revenue. Getting a raise and making more money should increase your ability to save money and your ability to invest money. Ultimately, you should be able to invest more money and increase your wealth. [...]

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Why Do People Still Buy Get Rich Quick Programs?
Posted in Consumerism, Pitfalls on 1 August 2007

Who would like to make thousands online? Easy, just buy a “wealth package” on ebay and read up. Who would like to make $20,000-$50,000 per real estate investment deal? Easy, just attend a real estate wealth building seminar and buy whatever it is they are offering. I’m simply amazed by the amount of these get [...]

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My Decision To Get Rich; A Complete 180
Posted in Consumerism, Personal Finance, Pitfalls, Save Money on 16 July 2007

I get a strange feeling when I think about how I became the person that I am today. Here I am, 23 years old and I’m writing articles about wealth building; making, saving and investing money. Money topics have become an adopted language to me. I talk about money around some of my best friends [...]

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