The world is full of abandon properties - Mostly human made structures, such as old buildings and other objects used at one time for the benefit of human civilization but now abandoned and no longer used. The original owner has longer deceased or disappeared. The government are left to deal with suc ...
Readers of my blog pages know that I arrived in the US alone at age of 16 with nothing except the promise of a good education and became independent at 19. For the succeeding 73 years since 1953 I managed my personal, financial, and career life successfully and now happily retired in an excellent ...
We had a single cup Keurig coffee make which worked well for us for several years. Then it developed this problem. When making coffee, it stops completely after filling 1/10th of the cup. Then, you have to re-start the brewing process which stops again after filling another 1/10th of the cup. You ha ...
“It doesn’t matter when you buy stocks. You could have the worst timing imaginable and only buy at market peaks, and you could still come out ahead in the end if you have a long enough time horizon.” From Ben Carlson’s new book “ Risk Reward: How to handle market volatility and build long- ...
I grew up in the 50s when cigaret smoking is popular in fashion and advertisements when its health damages to human were not yet known. So of course I tried smoking. But I found inhaling smoke totally disagreed with me and I get sick. On the other hand not inhaling did not proiduce any taste from c ...
THere are two supreme accomplishments/prizes in the running world: The first sub 4 minutes mile: This was achieved by Roger Banister some 72 year ago. I remeber it well. I was still in school. The event was big news in the wotld.. The first sub 2 hour marathon. This was achieved by two runner ...
We buy insurance for all kinds of reasons: for life, for accidents, and other disasters. We never regret the premium we pay even if we never make a claim. It is for our peace of mind. For similar reasons, we establish trust and last will or what known as an estate plan so that we know things will b ...
Both tasks of GIVING A TALK and WRITING A BOOK are acts attempting to transmit information for the benefit of the recipient. To do this, you must Do research and organize facts fit the information you wish to transmit in the time available. For giving a talk there is always a time limit which ...
• I have lived the American Dream since coming to the USA as a teenager alone in 1950 • I am interested in helping others to do the same which is why I write a blog since 2007 about my life experience and general advice on life and career that I find useful in my own life. These blog ar ...