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5 Times Credit Cards Are Smarter Than Cash
We've all heard the admonishments about over-reliance on credit cards. If you don't dutifully pay-off your bill in full every month, debt can quickly mount, and wreck your budget — along with your credit.
Assuming you use credit prudently, however, it can often be a better bet than cash....
4 Ways to Get the Most Out of Gift Cards
Unless you know exactly what a person wants, shopping for a gift can be a real pain in the butt. But a gift card is quick and convenient — and since the recipient can pick and choose the right gift, it removes any guesswork on your part.
Whether you're the recipient or the giver, it only...
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3 Simple Ways to Trim Your Monthly Expenses Without Being Miserable
Have you added up all of your monthly expenses lately, or are you too afraid to look? By the time you account for things like rent/mortgage, utilities, cable and internet, groceries, gas, car insurance, health insurance, daycare, lawn care, and car payments, what’s actually left of your paycheck?...
Christoph Niemann: How to Overcome the 3 Fears Every Creative Faces
If you think your anxiety or grumpiness is distracting you from your creative process, think again. The very feelings that make creativity painful can enable your best work.
Be an Elitist with the Citi / AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard
Among the airline and travel rewards credit cards available, there are those considered elite-type travel cards such as the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard®. These cards typically carry some of the highest annual fees charged by any credit card, yet in...
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How to Initiate Contact With a Woman Via Text: The Dos and Don’ts of Crafting a Charming and Effective First Message
Last month, we talked about whether you should ask a woman on a date via phone or text. Many of you fervently felt that, barring an opportunity to ask in-person (the best, manliest option, we can all agree), calling was the only way to go. But I honestly disagree and believe that texting for a...
Podcast #127: The Sports Gene With David Epstein
It’s a debate that goes back for centuries. Are great athletes made or are they born? In his book, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance, journalist David Epstein investigates that question. By looking at cutting edge research, he uncovers how much of...
A Guide to Paying Back Your Student Loans
Earlier this week, we discussed the basics of student loans every young man should know before taking them on. For many of you, it’s advice you may have wished you had gotten a decade ago before you started college. Now you’re stuck with a pile of student debt, and feel overwhelmed by the prospect...
Agree, Disagree? Memories Live Longer Than Dreams.
Interview: James Wallman.
I’ve long been fascinated by the relationships between people and possessions. It’s a complicated, rich, emotionally-fraught bond. In the chapter on the Strategy of Distinctions in my book Better Than Before, for instance, I discuss the difference between...
Best Money Tips: Weird Ways to Make Money
Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some great articles on weird ways to make money, networking tips for introverts, and cools soups to try this summer.
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7 Weird Ways to Make Money — Upload your selfies to Stylinity and tag your clothes. When...
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