One of my major goals in life is financial freedom. For me, this doesn’t mean having a lot of money. Financial freedom simply means I’m secure enough financially that I don’t need to worry about having money. Setting up an emergency fund with at least one year of income is a big part of this. […]
Execution is More Important Than Planning
The perfect plan, poorly executed, will fail. A lousy plan, well executed, is often successful. It may seem obvious, but way to fix a failure is often simple: work harder. If you fail to lose weight on a diet, is your diet the problem? Or is the problem that you didn’t follow it consistently enough? […]
Don’t Swim in the Shallow Waters
Most people learn how to swim in shallow water. Does this make sense in other areas of life? Or would it make more sense to throw yourself into the deep end?
Ask the Readers: Advice for Learning a Foreign Language
I recently got accepted into an international exchange program through my university. It seems I’ll be living in Montpellier, France, for one year starting in early September. There’s only one problem: I don’t speak French. I’ve taken some basic classes, but I’m far from fluent. I understand many of my readers are multilingual, so I […]
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