Yesterday, I wrote about a pet peeve of mine:  when people are anti-corporate but pro-union at the same time, even though unions are corporations.  While traditional corporations and labor unions may be structured slightly differently on the surface, they have identical objectives and even go about achieving them the same way.  Today, I am going [...]

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The rampant anti-corporatism in America today is somewhat infuriating to me.  The notion that corporations can only prosper by cheating the people is as old (and illogical) as government itself.  Successful businessmen will almost universally tell you integrity, honesty, and hard work are the keys to success.  He who cheats his customers rarely has any [...]

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During my current job search, I’ve talked to a number of recruiters and they’ve all said the same thing:  contracting is your best bet in this economy.  Companies are understandably reluctant to make long-term hiring commitments due to the current economic situation, but still have work that needs to be done. 
What’s In It For The [...]

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My recent lay-off has forced me to think about the future and how I want to live my life down the road.  While the money plays an important part in that, it’s not everything.  I’ve been asking myself:  do I really want to be a corporate slave?  Do I want to rely on the largesse [...]

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Here’s an interesting figure bloggers and webmasters will find interesting:  16%.  That’s the percentage of all clicks on online advertisements in Q3 2008 that turn out to be fraudulent according to the ClickForensics Click Fraud Index (via Seeking Alpha).  Even more striking, fully 27.1% of Pay-Per-Click (PPC) clicks on popular search-engine content networks like Google Adsense [...]

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Funnily enough (yes, it’s a word), one of the quickest and easiest ways to get rich is to write a book about how to get rich.  Some have accused Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki of doing just that, or at least of exaggerating the truth (you can read John T. Reed’s criticism of Kiyosaki here).  While [...]

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The inspiration for this post was taken from Thomas Stanley’s book, The Millionaire Mind.  You can read my review of The Millionaire Mind here.
In chapter two, Stanley reveals the results of a survey prompting a representative sample of America’s millionaires to rate to what degree dozens of different factors contributed to their success.  These factors [...]

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