Susan Weiner, CFA, is a writer who works with financial advisors to help them better communicate with clients. She’s really thoughtful and smart, too. She has a new book out on financial blogging, and here, she shares her thoughts on how to improve your communications. Improve your communications: 5 things to stop doing To improve… [Read More]
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Three Percent is great blog about international literature
Literature, movies, music, food, and other forms of culture are a way to learn more about the world. They are not substitutes for serious financial analysis, but they give us insights on people and places. I’m always looking for great resources to help learn more about the world, so I was excited to find this:… [Read More]
Mauritania: The Struggle for Democracy
Mauritania is a country of about 3.5 million people. It is very poor, and it still has slavery. Slavery is officially outlawed, but it’s hard to stop practices that have been in place for centuries among a nomadic people spread out across the Sahara. France granted Mauritania independence 1960. Most of the post-colonial era has… [Read More]
Dummies books are everywhere!
The lovely and talented Lisbeth Levine wrote a review of the new Salvation Army thrift store for Chicago on the Cheap, and she sent me this picture of its Dummies shelf. Fun, huh?
The blogger/Etsy/food truck economy
The picture is a slice of (poorly done) DIY culture, a shirt I made to help promote Chicago on the Cheap. In recent years, my business has shifted toward blogging and away from writing for publications. Back in 1997, Dan Pink published an article in Fast Company called “Free Agent Nation“. It was later expanded… [Read More]
