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Feeling resentful? The cure is to be thankful.

November 30th, 2009

“Have an Attitude of Gratitude”
“The greatest of sins is ingratitude”
“If you don’t feel gratitude, you’ll feel resentment”

Our North American friends have just celebrated (or survived!) another Thanksgiving holiday. This is one tradition from that part of the world that we could all take to heart.

Why is this idea so important? Why talk about it here on the Golden Goose? (Aside from making the Goose nervous in case this is the year someone decides to switch from turkey!)
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A billion dollars in pocket money and no chores?

November 27th, 2009

Last week’s papers carried a story that estimated Australian children are being paid one billion dollars in pocket money (allowance) each year – and they have to do very little to get it.

Kids clean up in a billion-dollar industry [SMH]: AUSTRALIAN parents are spending more than $1 billion on pocket money a year but children are expected to do far less around the house in return … experts say [chores] are important in developing life skills

This story illustrates the problems when parents don’t consider the philosophy of pocket money. Take the time to think and discuss your own philosophy to handing over the cash.
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My Rambling Thoughts article about The Philosphy of Pocket Money

November 27th, 2009

In a great opportunity for this Goose, Neerav Bhatt asked me to write a pair of articles for the Finance & Money section of his blog recently. » Read more: My Rambling Thoughts article about The Philosphy of Pocket Money

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Only $10 for the non-venomous ones

October 23rd, 2009

To celebrate my first two paid posts over at @neerav’s Rambling Thoughts Blog, a very interesting friend of ours took us to yum-cha lunch today. Yes, he went all out and ordered the crab.

As we talked briefly about developing my blog, the conversation turned to how (let’s call him ‘Barry’) Barry used to earn money as a kid. He spoke of interminable summers of being dragged along to regional test cricket games (which take, literally, days) – which gave Barry a healthy dislike for all things cricket.

To get away from the very slow pace of test cricket, Barry and his mates would catch snakes for Eric Worrell. They would get paid twenty dollars for each snake, but only ten dollars for the non-venomous ones!

My jaw just about hit the table when I heard Barry talk about this. So it made me wonder – what is the craziest way you ever earned money as a kid?

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