greatest hits
I decided I’d put together a few of my “greatest hits” on one page, just in case you’re new to the site (and if you are, welcome)!
In descending order, starting with the mega-hit that continues to top the charts:
- 101 thoughts on losing 100 pounds: The most popular post I’ve ever written. I started keeping a list of various thoughts I had while losing over 100 pounds. They range from philosophical to practical to simply amusing. It’s been inspirational to a lot of people - even to me when I go back and read it from time to time!
- 38 random thoughts on building prosperity: Another very popular post, in which I came up with 38 simple ideas to not only make money, but actually diversify your income sources away from your job.
- 8 steps to a six figure career: I explain the 8 steps that I believe were responsible for my achievement of a six-figure salary at a young age. This post was referenced by Penelope Trunk in her now-defunct Yahoo! Finance column, and that surge of traffic was one of the building blocks of my blog.
- spend less than you earn – the wrong way to think: I know, it’s a “gotcha!” kind of title, but I like to think that this is a good warning about the perils of looking too much at spending and not thinking more about earning.
- a little-too-late advice on building wealth: Another post that people seemed to enjoy a lot - some practical advice designed for the young person just starting out.
- how to make money without a job and why you should: This post originally appeared at Lazy Man and Money, and then I reworked it and ran it on brip blap about a year later. Other than my weight loss post, more people come to brip blap for the first time searching for terms that lead them to this post.
- 11 tips to a soda-free existence: A very early post that later caught the attention of Wisebread, this post is related to weight loss: I talk about how I quit drinking soda despite being an 8 or 9 diet soda per day drinker for 20 years.
- follow the white rabbit to financial freedom: My goofy allegory from The Matrix, comparing the consumerist world with the Matrix’s bleak “machine world.”
- 67 ways to outlive 106 billion people: OK, three years later this post seems a little preachy, but I think it still has many valuable lessons.
And some more of my most popular posts:
- how to talk to your teenager about personal finance
- when does intellectual curiosity stop?
- 10 things to tell a graduating high school senior
- how to make money on Facebook
- 10 career quotes, my take, and TGIF
- how to be a good partner to a stay-at-home spouse
- net worth or net worthless?
- brutal honesty
- what if saving was stupid
- How to lose 100 pounds, part 1
- how to become a billionaire
- 5 Best Websites for Job Seekers
- so you want to be an international business jet setter…
- work-life balance is a false choice
- stopping negative thoughts
- 25 quotes on ambition
- 31 causes of failure #3: lack of ambition
- job jumper tip #3: it’s not all about the money
- 6 ways to become famous
- what is lending club?
- you might be a personal finance redneck if…
- new prosper blog post
- are American kids stupid about personal finance?
- learning how to let go
- poor kid blues
- I will not pay for my children’s college education, part 1 and I will not pay for my children’s college education, part 2
- wealthstreaming, or snowflaking for income
- a simple way to save money on food
- what desperation looks like
- 5 signs your job sucks
- how America grew rich, fat and unhappy
- my contribution to Luxembourg’s GDP
- the math hurts
- will the government raid Roth IRAs?
- associating with the ‘appear-to-be-rich’ folks
- 15 ways to make your 9-to-5 a 10
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