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Feature Article #1

Becoming a Millionaire is Overrated

Conventional thinking:  If I become a millionaire I will be able to live a life of luxury and financial freedom. 
Contrarian thought: A million dollars does not buy you much these days.  Even if you are lucky enough to become part of the 0.13% of the world population who qualify to call themselves millionaires, your life […]

Popularity: 100% [?]

goldfish | January 21st, 2008 | Continued

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SMART Goals are Stupid

Common Sense: Goals should be SMART.  The acronym stands for specific, measureable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.  This seems to make perfect sense to most people.  Unless, of course, you are a contrarian goldfish!
Contrarian Thought on Specific Goals 
The idea that you should have specific goals is very nice, except that you cannot predict the future […]

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goldfish | January 7th, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

Multitasking – The Worst Productivity Killer

Common Sense:  If I do a lot of things in parallel I can get a lot more done in a day.  While talking on the phone, I can answer email, do text messaging, and even work on that important presentation at the same time, right?  Not if you are a contrarian goldfish!
Contrarian thought:  Dividing your […]

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goldfish | January 1st, 2008 | Continued

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The idea behind this site is to provide a forum for disseminating thought provoking ideas; to present a different point of view from widely accepted premises; and last but not least, to conduct healthy debates with the most respected authors and bloggers out there.
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Intelligence is Overrated

Common sense:  Intelligent people are more successful.  Therefore I want my kid to be one of the smartest kids in school.
Contrarian thinking:  Intelligence does not always lead to success.  Some of the most poorly adjusted people in society are very intelligent.  A kid that has average intelligence but is happy, confident and gets along with […]

Popularity: 48% [?]

14Jan2009 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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The Credit Card Debate

An interesting debate started when John Chow posted Why You Should Never Live on Cash touting that you should use your credit card to pay day-to-day expenses instead of cash.  He received a ton of comments from his readers and several of them disagreed with him.  One of the most defying comments had this to […]

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9Jan2009 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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Are Street Bums Richer Than You?

Here is a perfect topic for a good debate.  Are Street Bums Richer Than You? According to Neil Patel the answer is a yes.  In his post Think Bums are Poor? he points out that Donald Trump once commented that a street bum on the corner was richer than him because at that time “The […]

Popularity: 50% [?]

4Jan2009 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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How Much is Your Time Worth?

Conventional thinking:  I can save a significant amount of money by doing things myself.
Contrarian thinking:  My time is worth money and I know what my hourly rate is.   I will account for my time and hourly rate when deciding to do something myself.
Every “do it yourself” decision should account not only for the material cost […]

Popularity: 99% [?]

23Mar2008 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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