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Flimjo is a blog about making money. It provides advice, resources, and information about ideas for making money, business opportunities, passive income, cash flow, real estate, and personal finance.
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Get Laid Off And . . . Be Happy???
Last week, I wrote about the layoffs at my firm. As I said, two of my friends were laid off. Just a few days ago, one of those friends (on his first day as an unemployed 20-something) sent me and a few other people the following e-mail: “Hi...
Where I’ve Been . . .
A good friend of mine sent me a message on Facebook the other day asking, “What’s the deal with flimjo.com? You still doing that, or have you moved on?” My answer: No way. I’m still here. Indeed, I haven’t posted on ...
News, Notes, And Updates
I thought I’d take today to let you all know about some changes coming up with this blog. Nothing major. Just some house-cleaning and administrative tidbits. Design Changes I’m working on a new blog theme, and I hope to get it up in t...
15 Most Famous Ad Slogans
When creating a product and building a business around that product, a critical juncture in the process is coming up with a slogan that (a) conveys what your product is about and (b) attracts consumers. There are many famous ad slogans that drive h...
3 Things Millionaires Won’t Tell You
I came across a very interesting article on Yahoo today. Its title is 10 Things Millionaires Won’t Tell You, and it lists some particularly revealing thoughts and ideas about so-called “millionaires.” It discusses everything fro...
6 Tips For Finding A Good Website Designer
My friend and I are in the middle of trying to get up a sports-related, membership-style website. Neither he nor I know one lick about how to design a website, so we looked around for someone to get the site up for us. This brought me to several ...
Unexpected Break For Tropical Storm Fay
I had to take care of some things today due to the impending arrival of Tropical Storm Fay. I live in South Florida, so you can guess what kind of mad rush for food, water, and gas there is down here. We were already prepared for the hurricane s...
12 Products That Have Failed
Yesterday, I talked a great piece of advice from a friend of mine: the idea that you shouldn’t worry about creating the perfect product. Instead, just get something out into the marketplace, and see where consumers guide you. In that same v...
What You Need To Get Out Of The Rat Race
This is going to be a short post today because I’m working heavily on a side project (an informational website) that a friend and I are trying to get up as soon as possible. But that doesn’t mean that I won’t provide you with any va...
The Best Advice You’ll Ever Get
I subscribe to Money Magazine, and the latest issue had an insightful feature entitled, “The Smartest Advice I Ever Got.” It contained quotes from 40 prominent individuals who have done very well for themselves financially. As I glanced...
YouTube Friday - Tim Ferris Guest Lecture
I stumbled across a short video of a guest lecture by Tim Ferriss at Princeton back in 2005. Ferriss, as you know, is the author of The 4-Hour Workweek, one of my favorite books. (Indeed, I’ve read it twice now). In this lecture, Tim is ans...
YouTube Friday - John Chow’s The Dot Com Lifestyle
A couple of months ago, John Chow posted the video below about his take on the Dot Com Lifestyle, and it attracted a lot of positive feedback from the readers on his blog. I loved the video when I saw it, and I still can’t get enough of it. ...
YouTube Saturday - The Dark Knight
In a belated YouTube post (I usually do these on Fridays), I thought I’d throw out a random clip. I saw The Dark Knight last night, and I was blown away. I was originally very excited when I heard that Christopher Nolan assumed control of t...
Financial Facts About Barack Obama - Part 3: The Social Security Issue
This post concludes my three-part Financial Facts About Barack Obama series. On Wednesday, I looked at the effect of Obama’s proposal to let the Bush tax cuts expire, and yesterday I focused on the effect of his proposal to raise the long-ter...
Financial Facts About Barack Obama - Part 1: Letting The Bush Tax Cuts Expire
I have avoided politics on this blog since its inception, but I writing about the U.S. presidential race this week because it’s turning out to be one of the most important campaigns of this generation. However, I want to stay within the them...
Detox Weekend
It’s a glorious Monday morning, and I am back from a three-day detox getaway weekend in Marco Island, Florida. The past couple of weeks (and the month before that) were insane at work, and I needed to get away for three days with my family t...
Real Riches - Another Oscar Wilde Quote
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my favorite Oscar Wilde quote. Today, I wanted to point to another quote that I think resonates very strongly in the business and money-making context: “Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. ...
Predictions of the Future of My Generation
I got the idea to write about my predictions of the future of my generation from a question my friend asked me this past weekend. My friend and I stayed in Chicago over the weekend, and we went to another friend’s wedding in a western suburb ...
Current Economic Recession? I Don’t Think So
I’m in Chicago for the weekend for the wedding of one of my roommates from law school. I couldn’t help but notice the signs of the current economic recession on the cab ride over to the hotel. Condominium tower after condominium tower ...
YouTube Friday - Forget About It
This past week, I posted about my recent work experience and why I felt like Donnie Brasco. In honor of that post, and in honor of how good the movie Donnie Brasco is, I decided to dedicate today’s YouTube post to one of my favorite scenes fr...
Wilde With Imagination - The Best Of Oscar Wilde’s Quotes
My favorite Oscar Wilde quote is the following simple statement: “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” It’s amazing that an Irish poet and novelist who died more than 100 years ago can offer such ...
Nike Golf Shirt Free Giveaway Winner
Last Wednesday, I announced that I would be giving away a Nike Golf Shirt that I received in my Market Leverage care package. The only thing a reader had to do to enter to win was leave a comment in last Wednesday’s post. Six readers left com...
Nike Golf Shirt - A Free Giveaway
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the care package I received from Market Leverage, which included a very nice Nike golf shirt. Although I loved everything in the package, the Nike golf shirt was a wee bit too big! It was an extra large, and I...
A Weekend to Remember
I had to fore-go posting today. I apologize. This is has been a weekend to remember. I have an overloaded weekend of work. I’m on a trial team, working hard preparing for a trial that begins next week. In addition, I have other assi...
How Risk Hides the Uncertainty of Leaving the 9 to 5
Last week, I wrote about my very conservative friend from work, and his views on money, investing, and starting a business. I finished that post with two key ideas: 1) Risk is inversely proportional to knowledge. 2) People use “risk” to hide th...
The Net Fool’s Outrageous Blog Contest Winners
The Net Fool’s Outrageous Blog Contest came to a close last week, and Jim from The Net Fool announced the winners on Monday night. Fortunately, I was one of the winners! In return for the points I earned from blogging about the contest and ...
Your Pipe Dream List
One of the main problems for why people do not pursue their entrepreneurial dreams is because they have not defined those dreams. By “dreams,” I mean the visions and activities that take shape when you see yourself having an unlimited s...
Knowledge Decreases Risks For Investing Money
On Thursday, I recounted a conversation I had with a friend about risk and money, and I alluded to the notions that starting a business is not risky and that risk is a myth. I wanted to elaborate further on why I think risk is nothing but a myth. ...
Starting a Business is Not Risky
I car pool sometimes with one of my friends from work because we live fairly close to each other. The other day, when I was driving him home, we somehow struck up a conversation about business ideas and what it takes to start a business. During t...
The 8-Hour Work Day is a Bunch of Crap
Every day when I’m at work, I try to be as productive as possible. When I get in early in the morning, I’m at my peak production level. I zoom through my assignments and tasks, and I feel unstoppable. But then . . . the 11 o’c...
