What do you have in mind when you hear the word “prosperity’? Many people associate it with being wealthy, and there is nothing wrong with that. But I believe prosperity is more than just being wealthy. Recently, I found a helpful concept on prosperity. C. Peter Wagner in his book The [...]

I just finished reading The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing, and it is the best personal finance book I read this year. The book is very practical with tons of useful tips. It’s also witty which makes it fun to read. It’s philosophy of investing is long term with buy-and-hold strategy, and [...]

We can improve our personal productivity by applying the the Pareto principle or Parkinson’s law. But why not going further by applying  the Long Tail concept?
The Long Tail is a term coined by Chris Anderson to describe how entities like iTunes or Netflix doing business. Due to the low cost of storing and distributing digital [...]

Finance is definitely an important part of our life. It’s impossible to be an effective person without being effective in our finance.
One of the main issue in finance is determining whether to spend or not. This is an important issue to consider. Spending money on something unnecessary is wrong, but not spending money on [...]

Several weeks ago, I wrote a list of competencies that can help you become a versatilist. Here is one of them:
An awareness of accounting, finance, and marketing fundamentals.
I’m not a finance and business person, so this is definitely something I need to learn about. I write this post as a beginner who wants to learn [...]