My First Lesson in Business
My First Lesson in Business The trap had been set. I arranged my baseball cards in the three boxes that I had arranged in a circle around my bedroom floor. I checked again to...
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Are We Stuck in the Accumulation Phase?
Are We Stuck in the Accumulation Phase? According to traditional thinking, the arc of our wealth should be in a Bell shaped curve. At the lowly beginnings, money is but a far off dream,...
Doubling Down and Failing Forward
Doubling Down and Failing Forward As a personal finance blogger, physician, and entrepreneur, I have spent much time contemplating the keys to success. Success in finances. Success in business. What is the secret sauce...
The Five Stages of Coping With Financial Independence
The Five Stages of Coping With Financial Independence I stumbled and I bumbled. I staggered and I sputtered. And then I fell down a hole. A dark chasm. With neither sight nor sound, debased...
When Enough Isn’t Enough
When Enough Isn’t Enough I never had enough. Connor vaguely heard the words as they spilled out of his grandfather, the patriarch’s mouth, and formed a forgotten puddle on the unforgiving linoleum. He sighed...
Do You Run a Financially Independent Business?
Do You Run a Financially Independent Business? Although I would never describe the business of primary care medicine as cutting edge, there are a number of innovations that have come and gone during my short...
The Once I Have Syndrome
The Once I Have Syndrome There was once a little boy who looked longingly at the immense, vast world and wondered about all its uncertainty. Like most young children, he wanted nothing more than...
Financial Independence is a Mirror
Financial Independence is a Mirror Financial independence is a mirror, it’s not a door. You may deny the voracity of this statement. You may try to convince yourself otherwise. But bursting through the threshold...
Is the Financial Independence Community Close Minded?
Is The Financial Independence Community Close Minded? I have found a huge amount of support and enjoyment by interacting with like minded personal finance people on social media and within the blogosphere. Unlike the...
The Underdog Phenomenon
The Underdog Phenomenon We frame our lives. We look at the past under certain lenses that help us not only understand but also cope with that which has befallen us. Both successes and failures...
