How Much Stuff?
As we were riding to town recently, one of my younger children, who is learning his alphabet and likes to ask how things are spelled, said, “Daddy how do you …
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Investing in Tools
You know its time for a new car when the traffic reporters begin referring to you by name when discussing morning tie-ups, when the gas station attendant asks, “Can I …
Read More Price Matching
Did you hear about the shopper who was so meticulous she demanded a price check at the “Everything’s a Dollar” store? Sometimes it pays to be a careful shopper and …
Read More World’s Most Expensive Hotel
The world’s most expensive hotel room is the Imperial Suite at the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland. Its accessed by private elevator and takes up an entire hotel floor. …
Read More Total Cost of Luxury
Can you afford luxury? Maybe you’ve worked hard all your life and you’ve been able to accumulate some wealth. You’ve paid your tithe, made some offerings, and there’s still money …
Read More Careful with Money and Time
I once knew a man who was so careful with money when he talked on the telephone he would turn the lights out to save electricity. He reasoned that while …
Read More Fast, Cheap and Quality
Fast, cheap, and quality. Those are the three things we look for when we need a new product or service. The problem is we can’t get all three. We may …
Read More Hours of Work for a New Car
Fire investigators on the Hawaiian island of Maui determined the cause of a recent blaze that destroyed a $127,000 home. It was a short in the home’s newly installed fire …
Read More Landlord Learns to Delegate
A landlord owned several rental properties which he always managed himself. He mowed the yards, picked up trash and did all the maintenance he could himself to save money. After …
Read More Doubling to $1,000,000
Would you like to have a million dollars? The formula is simple enough. Just take one dollar and double it twenty times and you will have $1,000,000. Let’s suppose you …
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