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7 Money Mistakes You’re Making in Your 20s

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Not considering how many hours (not dollars) something costs. That means the coat will cost you 20 hours (or half of a workweek) to buy. You’re out at a restaurant or a bar with some friends and you want to split the bill, but you don’t have cash. The $40 shirt is a better investment because it costs $.80

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Are Your Friends Sabotaging Your Business?

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As much as I love my friends and don’t blame them in any way for requesting discounted (or pro bono) services, I realised my principle to be a “good friend&# led me into making some bad business decisions. If 2 out of those 6 hours are given away, it just cost me 33% of my potential income. Eeek, that’s higher than tax!

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Free Blog Posts | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Time to think about the retirement fund.&# “We get to retire? No one ever told me that…&# We both know there’s no retirement fund in what we do. Businesspeople understand investment, as opposed to cost. Prices always tend towards marginal costs. We’re bloggers. Most bloggers are cheap-asses.

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