42 HOURS A WEEK x 48 WEEKS A YEAR x 50 YEARS = 100,800 HOURS or 6,048,000 MINUTES (the above is written on a blackboard)
Start at age 18 (college counts), retire at age 68 (that's optimistic for anyone who is under age 40), and you'll likely get to "6,000,000 minutes,"
The tragedy for most people isn't how much they work, but how little they get from it. Too many people (maybe you) derive little satisfaction or sense of purpose from work. And, too many people (maybe you again) will have too little to live on at the end of your "6,000,000 minutes,"
If 250 minutes...
42 HOURS A WEEK x 48 WEEKS A YEAR x 50 YEARS = 100,800 HOURS or 6,048,000 MINUTES (the above is written on a blackboard)
MONETARIUS MORONICUS: noun- A mental affliction that causes its victims to self-inflict financial wounds. It is most commonly caused by inadequate financial education, vulnerability to marketing messages and an inability to delay gratification. Symptoms include high debt, stress, depression, divorce, bankruptcy, even suicide. Those who suffer from Monetarius Moronicus are known as "MONEY MORONS."
While it is not contagious, children of adults suffering from Monetarius Moronicus are at an increased risk to develop the condition. Treatment is...
MONETARIUS MORONICUS: noun- A mental affliction that causes its victims to self-inflict financial wounds. It is most commonly caused by in...
Is there anyone who would not choose to be healthier and wealthier? Many people think they have to choose between one or the other - to focus on one means to ignore or even deplete the other. Too many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health. This pattern is insane. The worst scenario is when someone exchanges health for wealth or vice versa. A slightly better scenario is when a choice is made to improve one's health or wealth, but the unchosen one languishes. The best scenario, which almost no one does because they've never been...
Is there anyone who would not choose to be healthier and wealthier? Many people think they have to choose between one or the other - to focus on one m...
Our secular and spiritual worlds are not mutually exclusive, nor are they enemy combatants. God provides us with both the secular and the spiritual for our benefit. Our challenge during our time on this planet is to create a balance between the secular and the spiritual, which includes reconciling the two as necessary. Money's most important function is as a tool of reconciliation and enlightenment. Money has the ability to reflect more of our secular and spiritual natures than anything else on our planet. Money also has a unique ability to work between the secular and the spiritual, to...
Our secular and spiritual worlds are not mutually exclusive, nor are they enemy combatants. God provides us with both the secular and the spiritual fo...
"Happy the man who has learned the cause of things and has put under his feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed." -Virgil (70 B.C.-19.B.C.) The greatest threats to your finances and your future lie within, not without. The damage that can be caused by outside sources, such as natural disasters, unethical behavior, or human error, pale in comparison to the damage that can be caused by our own greed and fear. WHIPSAWED takes an insightful look at these two most basic of human emotions. It looks at the causes of each and the damages each of these emotions...
"Happy the man who has learned the cause of things and has put under his feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed....
A Treasure Trove Trilogy is a compilation of three books by Mark DiGiovanni, one of America's premier financial advisers. For someone early in their working life, this book is essential. By the time someone begins a career, there's already an investment of fifteen to twenty years of education at a cost of thousands of dollars. How much of that education focused on finding the work that was right for the individual? How much of that education focused on understanding money, which is the main reason people get an education and go to work? For almost everyone, the answer is little to none....
A Treasure Trove Trilogy is a compilation of three books by Mark DiGiovanni, one of America's premier financial advisers. For someone early in their w...
MONETARIUS MORONICUS: noun- A mental affliction that causes its victims to self-inflict financial wounds. It is most commonly caused by inadequate financial education, vulnerability to marketing messages and an inability to delay gratification. Symptoms include high debt, stress, depression, divorce, bankruptcy, even suicide. Those who suffer from Monetarius Moronicus are known as MONEY MORONS. While it is not contagious, children of adults suffering from Monetarius Moronicus are at an increased risk to develop the condition. Treatment is often hampered because victims tend to ignore warning...
MONETARIUS MORONICUS: noun- A mental affliction that causes its victims to self-inflict financial wounds. It is most commonly caused by inadequate fin...
The first thing people know about money is they don't have enough. But with money, to have enough you must first know enough. Each of the more than fifty lessons in this book is short but carries a powerful message. FUTURE VALUE was written for everyone who wants to know enough to have enough.
The first thing people know about money is they don't have enough. But with money, to have enough you must first know enough. Each of the more than fi...
What would Confucius, the Chinese philosopher who lived five hundred years before Christ, think about our inability to live within our means? What would Virgil, the Roman poet from the time of Christ, think about our domination by fear and greed in the markets? What would Benjamin Franklin, one of history's wisest and most prolific men on financial matters, think about our reluctance to plan for our future? What would Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President, think of our attempts to receive more while working less? What would Thoreau, Einstein, Socrates, Gandhi, Jesus and others have to say about...
What would Confucius, the Chinese philosopher who lived five hundred years before Christ, think about our inability to live within our means? What wou...
Mark Twain said "Work consists of what you have to do. Play consists of what you want to do." In other words, you should do work you want to do. 6,000,000 Minutes on the Clock gives you the chance to discover work you want to do, work that will feel like play. It's the best chance to be successful and happy in your work. Work should provide more than means. It should provide meaning, too.
The average person will spend over 6,000,000 minutes at work before they retire. For almost everyone, work is the largest and often their only source of income. Making a poor career choice...
Mark Twain said "Work consists of what you have to do. Play consists of what you want to do." In other words, you should do work you want to do.