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Living on the poverty line

CF / June 7th, 2012 / 8 Comments

Every once in a while, a group or charity will call out the government and complain that it is impossible to live on minimum wages or that people at the poverty line can never expect to improve their lives. Is this really true? I would argue not. Let’s take a look at some real numbers. Say you’re an average British Columbian with a high school diploma. You don’t want to take...

Posted in: Money, Philosophy Tagged with: budget, Grocery budget, housing costs, living on less, poverty line, saving

Complacency is the enemy

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CF / April 12th, 2012 / 6 Comments

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines complacency as: self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-satisfaction. We all have instances in our lives where we feel like being complacent. Humans tend to prefer routines and a sense of normalcy. We like to get up in the morning, have our favourite...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: career, dealing with complacency, groceries

If The Outlier Model were a comic…

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Brian / March 28th, 2012 / 2 Comments

And now, a cartoon interlude: The Outlier Model, as summed up by internet comic sensation XKCD! jQuery(window).load(function(){ var s = document.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; s.src = "https://moneymade.io/embed/embed.js"; setTimeout(function(){ jQuery('#moneymade-ad-2').append('') jQuery('#moneymade-ad-2').append(s); ...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: be different, The Outlier Model, XKCD

Always give back

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CF / March 22nd, 2012 / No Comments

I strongly believe that it’s important to give back when you have success. Now, I don’t mean give to charity – if you give to charity, you are likely giving a large chunk of your money towards the salaries of administrators rather than to the cause itself. Instead, I mean that you should give back directly to the people and things most important to you – in other words,...

Posted in: Career and Work, Philosophy Tagged with: community awareness, Giving back, networking