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November 22nd, 2009

sally — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:39:03 +0000

As part of my “before 2009 ends to-do list”, I plan to read 3 books (2 finance-related, 1 marketing-related). The library called me saying that this book on my request list is finally available! I’ve read about 30 pages so far, and it’s pretty good. Some of the charts and tables are outdated, since it was published back in 1996. The key ideas, however, are not lost in the time machine. Basically, the authors explain that:

If you spend less than what you earn, you can be a millionaire.
If you avoid buying status objects, you can be a millionaire.
If you can take risky investments (only if it’s worth the reward), you can be a millionaire.
If you teach your kids about investment and money matters, your future generations can be millionaires.

It’s been a pretty good read, will have to keep up this habit.
On the recommendation list for personal financial health!

June 22nd, 2009

sally — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:32:58 +0000

The Pirate’s Dilemma

So I cheated. I saw this book (and took the picture) on Saturday while I was waiting for Ori. It was in that bookstore beside Hosu on Queen St. East.

Just looking at the title, it’s pretty obvious why it caught my eye. But ths is a different kind of ‘argggg’ pirate, we’re talking about the internet priate. The same pirates who run ThePirateBay.org and the million other ones downloading on the internet. It’s all the young’uns doing it… they’re pretty much growing up expecting things to be free and how the youth culture now is changing how things work. They’re changing the business models and all that good stuff.

For all the pirates out there, you can download the book for free here.

April 21st, 2009

sally — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:58:40 +0000

Getting Things Done

I was in a full-day seminar about the Getting Things Done approach with Danny Bader today. The 7-hours went by really quickly and I feel like there’s so much out there to learn. Danny gave us the basics and we’re now free to find the system that works best for us. I could honestly say that I was mentally engaged for about 90% of the day, which says a lot about my focus and Danny’s presentation.

Other interesting co-op news: Ivan played chess with Iulia. And he lost.