Archive for January, 2009
Origin of “Mortgage”
The term “mortgage” comes from the French word “mortar” which means “agreement until death.”
The Rules of the Game
The name of the game of capitalism is “Who is indebted to whom?” The more people you are indebted to, the poorer you are, and the more people you have indebted to you, the wealthier you are. That is the game!
Stop saying, “I can’t afford it!”
I cringe when I hear people say, “I can’t afford it.” I forbid myself from using that dreadful phrase. If is see something that I have a desire to obtain, I simply say, “how can I afford it?” The first is a statement while the other is a question. The first one stops my mind [...]
Circuit City Bankruptcy
As many of you may know, Circuit City has filed bankruptcy and is liquidating all of their assets and going out of business. We would like to send condolences to anyone who has lost their job or who has family members included in the 34,000 job losses. This situation is a perfect example [...]
Maven IG Ideas: Blogging
One of our ideas here at Maven IG, was creating a blog. As we became experts in particular fields of study and developed financial freedom, we realized our friends and family wanted us to teach them to do the same. So one easy way to do this was to keep a blog that [...]
The Dot Com Lifestyle
John Chow is a dot com mogul who has made a lot of money from his blogs, but more importantly he understands what it means to be financially free!
