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St. John Employees Count Their Bonus While I Shiver in My Office

January 16, 2020 by Barnaby

Did you see the story last month where Maryland commercial real estate company St. John Properties gave its employees a huge year-end bonus? It was all over the national news because of the size of the company (198 employees) and the size of the bonus ($10M total). A Laudable Move There’s a lot to like […]

Filed Under: Work & Finance Tagged With: christmas bonus, cold office, keeping customers happy

On My Nightstand: Shoe Dog & When Helping Hurts

August 6, 2019 by Barnaby

It’s summertime and I have a bit more time to read. There’s no school activities for the kids, and Nora is off school also, and frequently on the road, visiting people and places. Here’s what’s on my nightstand. None of these books are new, but I like each of them for different reasons. BTW, I […]

Filed Under: Faith & Finance, Work & Finance Tagged With: book review, shoe dog, when helping hurts

What We Can Learn from Two Celebrity Job Applications

July 1, 2019 by Barnaby

In March, Pippa and I flew to Portland, Oregon to visit Lewis & Clark College. She was in the homestretch of her college search. When she met up with her student host for a planned overnight, I wondered what to do. I love to cycle, but the nearest bike rental shop was four miles away […]

Filed Under: Work & Finance Tagged With: celebrity job applications, how to snag a job

I Completely Destroyed the Rear Window of My Car

September 25, 2018 by Barnaby

I’m the self-appointed ‘Best Driver I Know,’ so it came as a real shock to hear the rear window of my Scion xD violently implode as I was backing up recently. I mean totally disintegrate into a thousand tiny bits, one of which I later found had rocketed all the way to the front seat, […]

Filed Under: Work & Finance Tagged With: car window repair, superior service

Our Fee-Only Financial Advisor Inadvertently Contributed to Our Retirement Fund

June 25, 2018 by Barnaby

A few years back, Nora and I decided we needed to see an independent financial advisor. We’d been putting it off, because Nora gets really basic guidance from a retirement specialist who drops by her school on occasion, and we had very little cash. Probably because we’d blown it all on tuition. Once we made […]

Filed Under: Work & Finance Tagged With: certified financial planner, end of plan value, fee only advisor, financial life plan, independent financial advisor, monte carlo trials, net worth calculation, registered investment advisory, retirement planning

For My 16-Year-Old Daughter, 8 Lessons on Finding That First Real Job

January 3, 2018 by Barnaby

Pippa is a junior in high school so naturally she is thinking about colleges…and majors…and jobs. She’s a confident girl, but utterly lost about what jobs or career to pursue. That’s not unusual at her age, but I think she thinks it is. The girl in her class who has always known she wants to […]

Filed Under: Kids & Finance, Work & Finance Tagged With: avoid job interviews, choosing college major, employment thank you notes, first boss, first real job, millennial job changes, value of liberal arts degree, who you know not what you know

Selling Unused Household Items Is a Win-Win

October 16, 2017 by Barnaby

If possible, I like to score a win-win. That applies to relationships, but also making money. Can you make a living while also making a positive impact on the world? Can you earn a paycheck while being a good Christian witness? A few notches lower on the significance scale, but a win-win nonetheless: Can you […]

Filed Under: Earning Money, Work & Finance Tagged With: donating to thrift stores, marie kondo, selling on amazon, selling on craigslist, selling on ebay, selling on nextdoor, spark joy

My Time in the Bathroom When I Should Have Been at My Desk

August 7, 2017 by Barnaby

I had a former job where I spent extended periods in the bathroom. I know what you’re thinking: Poor Barnaby. Must have be suffering from urinary tract infections or chronic explosive diarrhea. Well, I wish that were the case (ummm, maybe not), but the truth is more embarrassing: I saw work as a time when […]

Filed Under: Work & Finance Tagged With: Colossians 3:23-24, desiring god, inheritance for hard work, Matthew 7:5, Paul's letter to the Colossians, reading on toilet, remove the plank from your own eye, work with all your heart

What Is the Cost of a Long Commute?

May 22, 2017 by Barnaby

When is a long commute worth it? That’s a question I’ve been asking myself ever since I took a job in Annapolis, 33 miles from home. That’s 24 miles more (one way) than my previous job in Baltimore. I wasn’t looking for a job that far away, it’s just what happened when I got aggressive […]

Filed Under: Work & Finance Tagged With: baltimore-annapolis, commute cost, commuter toll, irs reimbursement rate

One Can’t-Miss Strategy for Landing Your Next Good-Paying Job

May 8, 2017 by Barnaby

I have one piece of advice to anyone looking for a job: Don’t Do What Everyone Else is Doing. This applies to your first job or your 10th. An entry-level job or a senior management position. A summer internship or a Christmas-season job. This advice is related to the conventional wisdom that you are more […]

Filed Under: Work & Finance Tagged With: data.com, job boards, LinkedIn, seo for linkedin, strategy for landing good-paying job, tell recruiters you are looking

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