Financial Samurai is the founder of the Yakezie Network. Through continuing education and hard work, Sam believes everyone is able to achieve financial independence and give back to the community with abundance. Together we'll slice through money's mysteries!
I have a high tolerance for pain. All throughout the 2011 tennis season, I played injured with excruciating tennis elbow, a sprained left ankle, a torn left meniscus, and loose cartilage in my right serving shoulder. You should have seen me. I looked like a robot with my ankle braces, elbow guard, and knee sleeves! […]
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In a recent Yahoo Finance article, they spotlight a 37 year old man who was making roughly $100,000 base who now works at Starbucks. His primary reason for taking his barista job is for medical benefits. The whopper of the story, which very few commenters pointed out was this line, “But with a college diploma, […]
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About a year ago, I had a dialogue with a fellow blogger about career advice. Somehow, it morphed into blogging, probably because there are parallels to developing one’s blog and one’s career. I am the old fart who already went through the ringer and he is the young gun wondering what lies ahead. We differed […]
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“When the weather changes, nobody believes the laws of physics have changed. Similarly, I don’t believe that when the stock market goes into terrible gyrations its rules have changed.” Benoit Mandelbrot This brilliant mathematician speaks to the reality that the price of common stocks goes up and down. If you want the possibility of a […]
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I am convinced that graduating from college is one of the most important periods in almost everyone’s life. It is often the beginning of “real” adulthood. While college students may be legally adults, in many ways college often acts as a buffer zone for growing up. Depending on your parents’ financial stability and philosophy of […]
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Dear Yakezie Epsilon Challengers, Has it been over 6 months already? Yes it has! Congrats for almost making it through the Yakezie Challenge where you’ve each strived to develop great blogs and new friendships in our online community. There’s only one thing left, and that is signing up and making sure we know who you […]
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During high school, I didn’t want to play #1 singles partly because I feared getting pounded every match. All the #1 singles players were ridiculously talented and all went on to play for the best schools in the country. Instead, I played #2 or #3 singles and amassed a 11-1 record my senior year vs. […]
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Recently, Marissa Mayer joined Yahoo as the CEO so naturally I blogged about that (as a Millionaire story – her networth is estimated at over $300 million). As I wrote her story, it struck me that she positioned herself to be in the path of new ideas and opportunities. Have you ever been in an environment […]
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Untemplater: Congrats on getting so many consecutive features on Google News! That’s phenomenal! Writing on...Untemplater: You nailed it. I also believe great marketing is very helpful in the beginning but it’s really...
Jamie: Awesome insights thanks! I’ve been a big fan of Sam’s for years. Really exciting that he’s...Untemplater: There are so many overpriced ecourses online it’s crazy. They use very aggressive marketing tactics to...
Andy: Thousand-dollar e-courses are a total scam. You can learn everything online for free. Shame on people who sell...Untemplater: There are a lot of bloggers out there who focus on small stuff like should you or should you not spend...
Derek: It’s fascinating how some bloggers continue to just mindlessly pump out affiliate content. It’s clear they are...Untemplater: Lots of valid points! So true that bloggers are a minority of overall readership, so blogging to much...
Bingo: You are spot on. Most of our bloggers are white people living on the coasts, where half the population of...
Financial Samurai: Hi Jim – Nice to hear from you. It was too much work running Yakezie. Too many people wanted...Personal Finance Lifestyle Writing Contest
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