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My Myer-Briggs personality type

CF / March 20th, 2012 / 5 Comments

I was watching hockey with some friends the other day when the subject of the Myer-Briggs personality test came up. It’s a pretty famous questionnaire which attempts to categorize individuals based on how they perceive the world and make decisions. It also makes interesting connections between careers and personality types. I hadn’t thought about my personality type in a long time...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: finance, Master Plan, Myers-Briggs, personality tests

Update: Sept 4-10

CF / September 10th, 2011 / 2 Comments

This week at work we had a visual design specialist coming in to show us how to pretty-up the company website and add different types of interactive infographics. It’s been really exciting for me because I’ve always wanted to learn more about web development and design. I’m super inspired now and may actually take a crack at designing something spiffy for my (many) personal projects. Links...

Posted in: General Tagged with: children, finance

Investment update 2011

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Brian / July 21st, 2011 / 2 Comments

We spend a lot of time on this site talking about being frugal. Spending less than you earn. Breaking convention and making sacrifices those around you are not prepared to make. Well, all that is important, but what do you do with all of that money you’re saving? We’ve already talked about Real Estate, and we’re well on our way to being successful landlords. In the past three months,...

Posted in: Money Tagged with: dividends, finance, investing, RRIF, RRSP, Shaw Communications, stock market, Sunlife Financial, TFSA, unregistered account