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The financial wisdom of Fight Club

Posted 4 days 1 hour ago by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Consumer Affairs

Financial lesson from Fight Club

“The first rule of Fight Club – We Do Not Talk About Fight Club.” Everyone who’s seen the movie remembers that. But what about something Tyler Durden, the anarchist extraordinaire, said very early on in the movie? It’s something profound that stuck with me from the second I saw it in the movie theater to this very day. And I think it should stick with you, too.

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Welcome to the Real World - My Best Advice for New Graduates

Posted 2 weeks 4 days ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Career and Income, General Tips

I graduated from college just three years ago, so the confusion and anxiety I felt after graduating college is still quite fresh in my mind. I moved out of my parents' house a week after graduation and started at my new job, and since then I have learned a lot of things about the "real world". Here are some of my best advice for you new graduates who are transitioning from the safe structured environment of school to a seemingly infinitely larger world.

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Friends Don't Let Friends...

Posted 5 weeks 2 days ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, General Tips

In the past few decades the Ad Council has been running an ad with the tag line "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk". This ad campaign has been instrumental in decreasing drunk driving fatalities and almost every American has heard it at one time or another. What if this ad were applied to mistakes people make in personal finance? Here are some possibilities...

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Can you talk to your friends about debt?

Posted 33 weeks 3 days ago by Andrea Dickson

Lifestyle

Do you find it as difficult to talk to friends about money as I do? If you had friends that you believed were about to go into bankruptcy, would you do anything to try and stop them? Is it worth risking a friendship to discuss delicate matters like money?

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FREE copy of "What To Expect The First Year" book.

Posted 44 weeks 4 days ago by Paul Michael

Deals and Coupons

What to expect

A quick 'deal of the day' for you, and it's a great one. When my wife and I were expecting out first child we read "What To Expect When You're Expecting" from cover to cover. When the baby arrived, we quickly turned to this book. It's wonderful, it's well written and you can get it absolutely FREE.

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You know you're a Wisebread reader if...

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Lifestyle

haggle market

What makes a Wisebread reader? Why are you guys so, well, special? I sat, I pondered, I scribbled down notes furiously. This is what I came up with. It's a small list, just 30 entries. I have a feeling you crafty folks will have more to add before the week is out. So here we go.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A WISEBREAD READER IF... 

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Ben Franklin's guide to wealth and savvy living

Posted 1 year ago by Will Chen

Filed Under: Life Hacks

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was probably America's first "self-help" author. His advice was so good that his friend James Madison claimed he "never passed half an hour in Franklin's company without hearing some observation or anecdote worth remembering."

John Wesley from Pick the Brain collected an impressive collection of some of Franklin's finest advice. Here are some of my favorites:

Priorities

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