By Peter Clemens
Unless you have been living under a rock, you will know there are some major problems in the world’s financial markets at the moment. Working for a global bank, I guess you could say I have a front row seat for this debacle that in recent days has worsened with the stunning collapse [...]

This entry was posted on September 29, 2008 and is filed under: Money - 17 Comments »

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By Mark David Gerson
In recent weeks, several friends who are experiencing financial challenges have posed this question to me:
Why is that so many aspects of my life seem to be flowing, but when it comes to money, I feel so stuck?
Or,
Why is it that when I’m meditating, creating, writing or “in the zone,” [...]

This entry was posted on August 18, 2008 and is filed under: Life, Money - 20 Comments »

Money means different things to different people. Some see it as a way of keeping score or measuring success. Others view money as simply a means to an end. In the pursuit of wealth, some have trampled their way to the top. Others seem to have glided there, nearly effortlessly.
In each of these extremes is [...]

This entry was posted on June 13, 2008 and is filed under: Money, Parenting - 7 Comments »

By Peter Clemens
In 2004 I returned to Perth, Australia, after a year of traveling overseas. I returned to a city with a ridiculously strong economy. Demand from China had driven commodity prices to record highs, and the mining industry was booming. For those unfamiliar with the geography of Australia, Perth is the capital of [...]

This entry was posted on February 20, 2008 and is filed under: Life, Money, Success - 19 Comments »

By Peter Clemens
Ok, I have a confession. I went a little crazy on the spending in December.  Perhaps it was the new credit card I received early in the month. Or maybe it was the new job conveniently located opposite a mall. I don’t know. What I do know, however, is that a “finance guy” [...]

This entry was posted on January 4, 2008 and is filed under: Money - 13 Comments »

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Last year I had two different, and yet strikingly similar, experiences with Multi-Level Marketing (MLM). For those who don’t know, MLM (also known as Network Marketing) is a business model that combines direct marketing with franchising. In both instances, I chose not to become involved. In this article I would like to explain [...]

This entry was posted on November 12, 2007 and is filed under: Life, Money - 29 Comments »