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WWYD: Paying Children for Good Grades
“Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.” — Orison Swett Marden In this week’s What Would You Do series, we ponder if pay for performance is a child appropriate reward system. The question was brought to light when Dana Rudolph at…
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When Fame Doesn’t Equal Fortune: Remember to Buy Insurance
“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.” — Francis Bacon Does the name Andy Bussell ring a bell? He was the college student experiencing his 15 minutes of fame when six weeks ago the Los Angeles Times reported that he was living in his truck to save money and pay off…
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Money Mondays: Investments, Retirement & Estate Planning – Part 1
Welcome to the eighth installment of Money Mondays. Today’s article introduces financial retirement issues. The key to retiring comfortably is simple, no matter how you define “comfortably”. Getting there is not quite as simple. In order to accomplish retiring comfortably, you will want to project your needs and implement a plan. Track your performance and…
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Impound Accounts: Budgeting for Property Taxes
“If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secret of getting along — whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.” — Bernard Meltzer Jeanine and I never fight about money, but I’ve always been candid about when we disagree. We have very different views about cars…
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Career & Money – Part 2: How to Determine if You Want a Career or a Job
In Part 1 of the Career & Money Series I talked about the question “How Did We Get Here?” when it comes to our work lives. This time I’m going to delve deeper into the career versus job distinction by giving you information and tools that will help you answer the questions “Do I want…
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Ten Money Questions for Ken Page
Ken Page, LCSW, psychotherapist and lecturer, is also the director and founder of numerous LGBT personal growth events including the upcoming LGBT Spring Intimacy and Spirituality Retreat. He is also the founder of Deeper Dating, a dating event for singles committed to deeper values which has received much attention in the New York LGBT media.…
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The Longevity Risk: Outliving your Money
“The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.” — George Foreman Recently, Jeanine and I were having dinner with a friend visiting Southern California on business. She lives on the east coast and works for one of the big investment banks as an account manager for their high net…
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Sleeping with Money: The Ghost of Money Future
In this week’s Sleeping with Money series in which we talk about money lessons learned from lovers and relationships, I’m going to turn to the device of allusion. Nearly seven years ago I moved to San Francisco with my boyfriend at the time. He was my first boyfriend ever, and much like Nina’s first same-sex…
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Don’t Tempt the Tax Auditor
Don’t stress out–the week didn’t fly by that quickly. It is Wednesday, March 28th and I decided to add a bonus article to the series. Keeping this one from Queercents readers is a disservice! In outlining the articles for this series, I contemplated writing about IRS audits. I chose not to include the topic because…
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WWYD: Use a Coupon on a First Date?
Many who work in a high-rise building have to put up with a strange thing in elevators called the Captivate screen. It’s essentially a mini-monitor that posts short news clips, sports scores, stock quotes, trivia facts and polls. Oh yeah, and there’s lots of advertising. I found one recent poll outrageously funny. Captivate Network asked…
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