20
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Investing, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Few politicians exist who understand money and the declining value of the U.S. dollar. Whether or not you like Ron Paul (which is irrelevant here), he gives a nice, straightforward explanation about monetary policy and the Federal Reserve’s role in maintaining the value of the dollar.
These are issues that affect all of us because the majority of us deal with [...]
19
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Make Money Online, SEO
I never thought I could improve the search engine ranking of my own blog. Simply put: I am a SEO idiot! I don’t know the first thing about building websites or blogs, and I sure as heck don’t know anything about search engines or SEO.
But . . . I didn’t let that stop me.
I did [...]
18
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Ramblings/Miscellaneous
Last Wednesday, I announced that I would be giving away a Nike Golf Shirt that I received in my Market Leverage care package. The only thing a reader had to do to enter to win was leave a comment in last Wednesday’s post.
Six readers left comments:
-John from Matsu Bonsai.
-Evan from I’ll have a white russian, [...]
17
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Employee Life
I posted a list of 10 reasons to quit your job not too long ago. After this past weekend, I decided to come up with list of 10 more reasons to quit your job.
This list is based on the concept that every job has absurd and ridiculous demands. Those demands often become ”normal” for us. They become part of [...]
15
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Recaps
Welcome to a special Fathers Day edition of The Flimjo Recap. In fact, it’s so freakin’ special that I’m putting the finishing touches on this one right here from my very own office at work in between assignments for trial prep.
The items I’ll recap today are (1) the previous week’s posts on this blog; (2) [...]
15
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Employee Life
Should I call myself a hard working man? Is that something of which I should be proud?
Well, no. I refuse to be that, and I’m working feverishly on the side to escape that label.
I had some great ideas for posts for yesterday, but I worked until late on Friday night and practically all day yesterday [...]
13
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Business Ideas
What is Elance? If you’ve never heard of it, this short Elance review from Tim Ferriss will give you a snapshot of how this service can change your life.
For those of you who are curious about how to achieve the 4-hour work week, a critical step towards that goal is giving yourself more time. But how [...]
12
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Make Money Online
The most recent trend in blogging is video blogging, or vlogging, and it presents a lot of new learning opportunities on how to make easy money online.
The problem with video blogging is that it creates a little bit more work for the blogger. Instead of writing, editing, and posting, the blogger now has to videotape, upload, embed, and then [...]
11
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Ramblings/Miscellaneous
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the care package I received from Market Leverage, which included a very nice Nike golf shirt. Although I loved everything in the package, the Nike golf shirt was a wee bit too big! It was an extra large, and I’m just a medium!
I liked the shirt a lot, and I was sitting around wishing [...]
10
Jun
2008
Posted by Robert as Investing, Make Money Online, Ramblings/Miscellaneous
My motto in life is to “work smart, not hard.” In the professional world, the idea is NOT to take on as much work as you can to impress people because you will eventually burn out. Not to mention, you won’t have time for anything else.
Ronald Reagan had a great quote about this idea:
“It’s true hard work never killed [...]
