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Achieving Work Life Balance Through Part Time Work
What does work-life balance look like? Right now, I am not exactly sure. I’ve felt a bit like I’ve been drowning since my wife took a full-time job. Would going part-time help out? Tag along as we discuss five reasons I’m considering it in the next few years.
How To Teach Kids About Money: The Ultimate Guide
As parents, we are charged with teaching our kids so much. Yet, just like in the medical education system, talking about money is often considered taboo in family settings. Well, today, I want to encourage you to consider ten ways on how to teach your kids about money.
You Don’t have to Wait to Live the Good Life
Too many people spend their lives going through the motions. They wake up each day, live the same life, and go to sleep wondering if their is more to this life. What if I told you there was a crazy group of people who intentionally design their lives to live the good life now?
5 Money Myths That Explain Why Doctors Are Bad With Money
There are a lot of reasons why doctors make financial mistakes. Many of them – that I am going to spend some time disproving today – were caused by lies, myths, and otherwise untrue statements that are told to us. Today we will dispel four lies about money that are told to physicians, which prevent them from making the right choices.
How Personal Fitness Can Shape Your Personal Finances (and Your Belly)
I’ve found that the discipline that comes from workout out and regularly exercising spreads to other areas of my life including spiritual, financial, and even work related areas. Once you learn to be disciplined in one area, its contagious and spreads to others. Today’s post discusses the intersection between personal finance and personal fitness.
How I used the 10% Rule to Increase Our Net Worth $250K in 1 Year
Today is the third installment of the quarterly net worth update, but it is actually a full year out (I wasn’t blogging during the first quarter) from training at this point. My goal for this time point was to have $100,000 in assets at this point. Two years out I planned to have a positive net worth. To find out how I did, keep reading.
Three Ways Being American Causes Financial Failure
Let’s bring you back to my roots as a philosophy major in college. Everything in philosophy is about “isms.” Some of them are religious philosophies like Buddhism and Judaism, or pluralism versus monotheism. Others are political in nature like communism or fascism. Today we are going to talk about another “ism” that dramatically impacts our ability to build wealth and achieve early financial independence: American exceptionalism.
Why My Broke Side Hustle is Better Than Your Main Hustle
People often focus on the monetary aspect of side hustles. However, it’s not all about the money. You can find satisfaction from side hustles in other ways. I’ll walk you through five reasons you should pursue your side hustle even if it might not make money.
Poverty in Older Generations: A History Lesson
A recent WSJ article looked into the poverty in our older generation and their inability to retire. It’s important to understand history or else we are doomed to repeat it. Come take a walk with me as we look at the reasons why they are unable to retire and how we can prevent this from happening to the current generations.
Three Ways “First, Do No Harm” Applies to Personal Finance
Early and often we are taught to advocate for our patients and “First, Do No Harm.” What if I told you that the same principle applies to personal finance and, in particular, physician finance? It is your job to protect yourself from harm. Today we will discuss three key concepts in this arena.
How to Tell a Good Financial Advisor from the Rest
In The Physician Philosopher's Guide to Personal Finance, one of the chapters is on conflict of...
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