Any conversation about early retirement or financial independence with early retirement (FIRE) will inevitably come around to a guy named Pete in CO. Pete started a blog by the odd…
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Medical educators do not prepare us to understand or negotiate employment contracts. I will teach you the basics of what you need to know. This will likely be your first…
Some bonds are sexy, but most are not. James Bond may be sexy, but investment-grade bonds are not. Personally, I would rather have the latter than the former, but not…
Many of us enter private practice out of residency quite naive. We tend to be untrained in business, management, investing, or accounting. As a result, we may not maximize our…
Would you like to be $500,000 richer? If so, keep reading. Five hundred grand is my estimate of the average benefit of good negotiation skills for a physician. Doctors are…
Ben Franklin was arguably the first Financial Independence & Retire Early (FIRE) “blogger.” His almanac and pamphlets were the blogs of his day. He was a truly self-made man who…
Productivity boosting in a nutshell: Waste no time. The best way to not waste time is to be clear about your priorities. Focused priorities help ensure we will arrive at…
Fortunately, there are many physician employment options. Should we work in academia like where we trained? Or branch out on our own? Maybe we should go with the newest trend…
Paying for college requires a solid plan. Assuming you have children who may one day go to college, are you prepared? Is paying for college for your children your obligation…
Would you score well on a Financial Preparedness test? I would give most physicians a C+. Quite a few deserve an F. Does that bother you? It should. Physicians are…