I read a lot of personal finance, but somehow missed Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money when it debuted in 2020. I learned of Housel when a blog of his was spotlighted by Todd Tressider at Financial Mentor, one of my favorite personal finance resources: Is the goal financial, or is it just to become independent? Do you want more money, or do you want to no longer need to [...]
I have kept an Excel log of the books I have read since 2000, or 22 years and counting. In total, I have read 732, or an average of 33 books per year. In 2020, I read exactly 33 books. In 2021, I also read exactly 33 books! This was a bit of a cheat because I realized during the last week of the year that I had just 32 [...]
If you have seen my previous book round-ups, I read a lot – 33 books in 2020, and 43 books in 2019. I am on my sixth book for 2021, so at this pace, I’ll finish somewhere in-between the last two years. I didn’t set out to focus on travel books specifically, but three of my early choices for 2021 relate to travel in different ways. Take More Vacations by [...]
I read 33 books in 2020, down 10 from the 43 books read in 2019. When I look back at how I spent my time in 2020 (I keep a Time Diary of activity on the half hour and highly recommend it!), I spent just as much time reading, but unfortunately I read more breaking news than books. Keeping tabs on the pandemic and its economic effect was part of [...]
An important concept that makes achieving financial independence even more urgent is artificial intelligence. The keyword here is urgent….many times we procrastinate the notion of saving money because we think we have many years to build up our mountain of assets – from Overcoming AI by Scott Gamm But you might have fewer earning years than you think, so that quote sums up the thesis of Scott Gamm’s upcoming book, [...]
I am lucky to get dozens of free books each year since my consulting work includes writing advice columns, and publicists send me review copies to hopefully feature their clients in my columns. I try to read as many review books as I can, and I also pick up books on my own dime and time. I particularly love business, personal finance and self-improvement books. You won’t see any fiction [...]
Since cutting the cable cord a few years ago, we don’t keep up much with the latest TV shows. However, I remember Million Dollar Listing from before because it was quite the spectacle. Apparently, it’s still going strong with Season 11. One of its stars, Josh Altman, recently released a book, The Altman Close: Million Dollar Negotiating Tactics From America’s Top Selling Real Estate Agent. Altman has a fascinating, Type-A [...]
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