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Amazon.com ranks its book sales hourly.  They used to rank authors publicly, but they seem to have removed that functionality from their website. I was curious who the current best authors are, so I did some basic number crunching. I looked at the top current (August 2021) best-selling authors and added up their star ratings […]

One of my favorite pastimes is investing my money. I do plenty of stock market investing in speculative companies. I like putting money into different types of cryptocurrencies. Whenever I hear about an investment idea that I think is a good idea, I put a small amount of money into it. Sometimes I hear about […]

Take two high school students. One says he’s going to be the next Derek Jeter. The other says she’s going to be the next J.K. Rowling. Who has the better chance at succeeding? I would say neither. Both are dreaming at almost impossible odds. Your odds at becoming successful in sports are remarkably similar to […]

I made a huge mistake several years ago. I quit my comfortable, high-paying, work-at-home job so I could follow my passions. The problem was, I wasn’t making money from any of my passions yet. Now, I did have some plans in place, so it wasn’t a purely foolish decision. I had enough money set aside […]

The COVID pandemic has changed many aspects of our work and culture. The shift toward remote online work has accelerated. People are reexamining what they do to make money, and how much money they need to make to earn a living. Many people who were on the brink of retirement retired earlier than they had […]

What would the smartest person in the world be like? I imagine that person would be very quiet and keep to themselves. A truly wealthy person does not flaunt wealth. A truly great athlete does not brag about their abilities. What would be the point? I look at people thirty years older than myself. They […]