Career and Finances Archives

Be Smarter About Finding Your Career Fit

14 November, 2023

You'll spend 80,000 hours working, so not systematically seeking a career fit for your unique profile is a devastating mistake.

22 October, 2023

To live your "dream life" optimize your finances not for retirement, real estate, or rhinoplasty but to afford oodles of patience.

30 May, 2023

Figure out what to do when you're feeling lost in your career by extracting practical lessons from an example.

3 May, 2023

William Green's book, Richer, Wiser, Happier, taught me how I might be able to keep doing what makes me happy and wise—while getting rich(-er), too.

11 August, 2022

Despite my efforts to get better, I've always sucked at making money. Now, based on personality research, I think it may be my wiring.

6 June, 2022

Working in a corporation isn't for everybody but, based on my experience, the benefits are underrated and worth considering.

16 May, 2022

How a 30-day challenge to squeeze into a four-day workweek didn't work out as planned, but was far from a failure.

5 March, 2021

Try asking yourself this 4-part framework's series of questions to narrow down your career choices and potentially find a job you love.

23 February, 2021

You don't have to be smart to be smart with your money. You just have to be well-behaved. 5 lessons from The Psychology of Money.

30 August, 2020

Who cares about being efficient? You shouldn't (too much). Here's how to measure personal productivity in a way that matters.

24 March, 2020

Fed up with work, feeling unfulfilled, and thinking of taking a career break? Here are 8 steps to follow to make your break a breakthrough.

2 December, 2019

Use these 10 not-so-obvious pros and cons of working from home to decide for yourself what balance works best for you.