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How to exit rat race as early as possible?

July 12th, 2009 wiseinvestor 2 comments

As most of us know by now, life long employment is going to become extinct like dinosaurs in the near future. Corporations and businesses are placing profits first in the midst of globalization, translating into extreme cost cutting measures like retrenchments with minimal compensations.

Honestly speaking, it will require many long hours of self study on financial concepts and investigations into various investment vehicles. This website alone will not provide every piece of knowledge you need; neither will any single book and magazine in personal finance and investing. Constant ongoing learning and relearning, knowing what is going on in every…

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Why failure is good?

July 8th, 2009 wiseinvestor No comments

The month of July or before and after is usually the month of commencement ceremonies for most universities around the world.

Commencement speech given by Harvard and Stanford is one of the most inspiring, of all the speeches; they usually invite people from various walks of life that are considered success in their own right instead of first class honors only. Usually the persons giving the speech did not have stellar academic achievements, did not get straight As all the way like Valedictorian, did not even complete college degrees but those that went on to achieve greatness. Sometimes you do

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Moral obligations of the rich and intellectuals

June 20th, 2009 wiseinvestor No comments

Do intellectuals and rich have a moral obligation to do something when we realize that there is something wrong with the world?

If intellectuals and rich don’t care, only concerned about every man for himself, then who will?

I leave it to humanity to decide whether following poem will be read from top to bottom or from bottom to top in the foreseeable future.

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The key to superhuman persistence – Broad Ramifications of goal

June 3rd, 2009 wiseinvestor 3 comments

edisonMuch has been said about how Thomas Edison (not the Hong Kong Edison) tried and failed 10 000 times before finally inventing the electric light bulb. But little is said of how he ever got such superhuman persistence in pursuing the invention of the electric light bulb.

I was amazed by the ingenuity of the world greatest inventor in achieving his goals that I have to tell readers of this blog here about this wonderful technique in improving and bettering your business and financial life by increasing your persistence by more than 10 times over.

It is mentioned…

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Times are bad now but stay positive

May 31st, 2009 wiseinvestor No comments

staypositiveWith global recession no end in sight, both graduating students and people being retrenched are out of jobs. With tuition fees loan for fresh graduates and other liabilities like housing and car for retrenched professionals piling up. One cannot feel helpless if belongs to either of these 2 groups.

Old and retired people being scammed from banks by buying into Lehman Brothers Minibonds, from friends and relatives into investing in Moonshine Empire.

Then cannot retire comfortably already.

Charity mismanaging poor people kind donations.

Those with jobs, then still got office politics.

Those with businesses, folded due to recession…

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