The following are my notes so I can use the technique again (in about a decade or so) or for your benefit. As an aside, I have used this technique 3-4 times with success. The first time was in 1995 when I bought a Geo Metro via fax (times change!). See the further reading section for other methods and techniques.
David Trahair writes on financial matters and provides a very welcome Canadian point of view on retirement and investment considerations. In his 2012 book: Cash Cows, Pigs and Jackpots; The Simplest Personal Finance Strategy Ever he provides both financial advice and some self-help to boot!
There are two inherent tensions when it comes to budgeting: compliance versus cooperation and people versus technology.
Nicholas Taleb is back with a new book, ‘Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder‘. Okay the book has been on the market for a few years but I am behind in my reading.
My oldest brother runs an excavation company and I remember riding with him once. He had dug up some dirt and was looking for a potential buyer. Someone had paid him to do the digging (actually it was me) and now he was looking for someone to pay for the dirt I paid him to get rid of. My brother had discovered what most individuals with a truck and an excavator do not know: the money is not in the work it is in the deal. I readily paid a price to get rid of dirt and someone else was keen to pay for the same dirt – and my brother happily knew the value of both sides of the equation.
Do people innately want to work and do it well? Dan Ariely argues yes in his book, The Upside of Irrationality.
Organizational Biology 