I just read this article about a guy who negotiated on the price of everything for three months.  The language is coarse at times and I won’t say anything for the advertisements I saw on the esquire site, but it was interesting reading.

So today two different sites did two different things that happened to link to Watch My Money Maker.  The Gather Little By Little blog linked as a daily RSS read, and I reciprocate - I read every GLBL post in my RSS reader.  The Hustler Money Blog graded a huge number of sites for content quality and newness.  This blog ranked lower than I’d like, but I guess that I can shoot for something better next year.

My RSS reads for Personal Finance and Money Management are available as an OPML download.

I just read this post on firing an employee [caution, it does contain some potty words towards the end] and it struck me that I was lucky to be let go of my first job at only 16.  I was released because I was putting in the least hours of all of the office grunts.  The engineering firm that I was working for had three and I had the slowest schedule.  I learned at that job, making slightly more than minimum wage, that my time was money and that my charging others for my time was going to mean I was giving them something in return, not just a time card.  Its tough to be fired, and its tough to fire someone, but whatever it is that goes on in those situations you have to learn a thing or two, take responsibility for your actions and learn from things!

Bob over at the ChristianPF just posted an interesting read about interacting with a guy pan-handling for money. Bob’s insight into the mindset that the pan-handler had really got me thinking: do I feel stuck somewhere based on my mindset? Do I have faith in what God has already done in my life through Christ? Is God done with me yet? Certainly not! My attitude is sometimes wonky because I’m not submitting myself to my relationship with God. My mindset is off at that point in time.

Bob’s generosity is incredibly humbling - I’ve driven past the same pan-handlers for several years now in the Denver metro area and I’ve not once had compassion towards them because I know that there are groups and organizations out there set up to make up for what the church should already be doing. This has got me thinking for sure.