Archive for the ‘Self-Improvement’ Category

Three Free Software Programs You Should Use

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

This post is a bit off topic, but I'm a computer geek. And I love and use the following three pieces of software daily. Please check them out! TrueCrypt TrueCrypt is a free open-source encryption program that works on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh platforms. The program has numerous features for the ...

Learn From Financial Mistakes

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

I tend to think more about the past and future than I do the present for some reason, and today I was thinking through some of the financial mistakes I've made. This could be a long post if I tried to list them all! One of the items I was thinking ...

Financial Kung Fu

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Like most sports, martial arts require a combination of skills to be effective. There are numerous similarities between how each of us should handle our finances and the martial arts, and our personal finances also require a combination of efforts and skills in order to be effective. Stability When facing an ...

Book Review: Now, Discover Your Strengths

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

If you are looking to learn a little more about yourself, I highly recommend the book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. The authors are researchers for the Gallup Organization (the folks that are famous for polling the general public), and their company has ...