I was talking to the Penny Planters after a hike recently. The hike was a 14er with Mrs. PoP who is a fitness rock star, so I was delirious and dehydrated from trying to keep up with her: Anyway, I was lightheaded, hungry and may have been hallucinating when Mr. PoP said something like this: I […]
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I’ll Figure Out What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
On Monday, I asked you what your ideal work was. Today, I’ll tell you what mine is. I’m fortunate to have found work that I loved not once, but twice. I consider myself very fortunate because many never find the work that was meant for them. An Outsider Goes Inside I’ve always hated to be […]
Ask The Readers: Your Perfect Work
If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. – Steve Jobs on work I have a couple pieces of information that you may find interesting: […]
Fitness Update: The Power Of Routine
I mostly failed at my strength training goal and it took some thinking to figure out why. Everything was going fine until the middle of May. After that, the girls got out of school and life got busy… Failure A couple of years ago, I worked and Mrs. 1500 didn’t. At that time, she took […]
July Performance Update (Day 2037): Hundred Thousand Dollar Dreams Decimated
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share my numbers. Most of July was a great month for […]
Ask The Reader: Favorite Quotes/Advice
I love a good quote. Just a few wise words can convey so much. I’ve included some of my favorites below and I want to hear yours too. Before we get to that, let’s review last week’s question. Kids And Money Last week, I asked you if you share your finances with your children. I […]
PopUp Business School In Longmont (Come On Out!)
This post is a long winded article to convince you to attend PopUp Business School, a 2 week course that teaches you how to start a business the right way. It’s a completely free and wildly fun event here in Longmont Colorado next month. If you’d like to get right to PopUp and skip my […]
Vacation Consternation (And The Best Pizza In The World)
I cannot sit still. When I had a job in an office building, I’d get up every couple of hours, go outside and walk around for a while. Same thing at my home office where I’d walk loops around the block in between writing computer code. And I don’t even like being in town for […]
Ask The Readers: About The Time I Told My Child Our Net Worth
After a short hiatus, Ask The Readers is back! Chime in in the Comments section. I’ll feature my favorite answers next week. When I was a child, my parents guarded the financial details of their lives like the feds guard gold in Fort Knox. I asked my mother this once: How much money does dad make? I remember […]
Serial Entrepreneurs Are Kind of Like Bad Boyfriends
While I’m tagging along with my wife at Podcast Movement in Philadelphia, enjoy this guest post from my friend Eric Bowlin. Like a lot of concepts, serial entrepreneurship might sound amazing at first. But, as you grow as a person, you begin to realize that it takes a lot of energy to grow and develop […]
Real Estate FIRE Escape, Part II: Diversifying Your Income Streams
Today’s guest post from G. Brian Davis is a continuation of yesterday’s. If you haven’t yet, make sure you read Part 1. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we looked at the 4% Rule and how rental properties can generate more income from a smaller nest egg. Not convinced that real estate returns can […]