Automate

    By Josh Smith

    | 1:00PM 12/17/2009
    In 2007 Tim Ferriss published a book, originally called Drug Dealing for Fun and Profit, that no publisher would touch. At the insistence of the eventual publisher, he changed the title to The 4-Hour Workweek. in doing so he kicked off a movement that landed his how-to manual for escaping the 9-5,...

    By Josh Smith

    | 5:00PM 10/16/2009
    I've long been a fan of automating your finances. There's a bit of freedom and a sense of accomplishment that comes from knowing you'll never have to pay a late fee again. Unfortunately, if you don't pay attention this can come back to bite you in more ways than one. Starting several months ago...

    By Josh Smith

    | 12:00PM 1/27/2009
    A year ago, when the economy was all roses and executives didn't have to fear public backlash for taking a jaunt in the corporate jet, the interest rates paid for online savings accounts couldn't stop going up. The competition to recruit new customers was so fierce that banks engaged in pricing...

    By Josh Smith

    | 2:00PM 1/14/2009
    By now you've likely automated everything from your cable bill to student loan payments, so why not automate your savings? Setting up an automated savings plan is incredibly simple and automatically paying yourself every month is a great way to avoid living paycheck to paycheck or to save for a...