Resilient Fitness: A Killer App for a Successful Life
My project to build a no-till, no-water garden bed is nearing completion. NOTE: for an overview of how I’m building that garden bed, give …
Can You Use Paleo Fitness to Become More Resilient?
How do you stay fit? It’s clear that staying fit is an investment in personal resilience. It builds up strength, energy, and health that …
How You and Your Community Can Avoid Catastrophic Failure
How do you and your community avoid catastrophic failure? To give you a good answer, I need to share with you a lesson I …
Weekend Edition: Are you Going to Waste Time or Prepare to Prosper?
IS the global financial system still breaking down? Given the drumbeat of news we are getting, it’s just getting started. We see the breakdown …
Weekend Edition: The Failure of Central Planning
Networked resilient communities aren’t only a great hedge against the global system run amok. Networked resilient communities are also the future of the global …
How to Avoid Getting Burned with Crowdfunding
Today’s letter has a quick and dirty guide on how to avoid getting burned with “crowdfunding.” Before we get to that, here’s a little …
Is a 401K or an IRA a Path to an Impoverished Retirement?
Here’s a very important question from Vince: I’ve been thinking…. I’m 31 with a retirement fund that my employer contributes to. So where is …
Is Canada Creating its own BitCoin?
The Royal Canadian Mint just announced it is creating its own digital currency. The project is being called MintChip. It seems the development of …
Two similar words, one big difference
Here’s a minor, but important point. It’s the distinction between these two words: Thrifty Frugal A thrifty person doesn’t waste much water, energy, money, …
How to Build a Thriving Community
While you may want to live in a resilient community, the gap between where you are today and actually living, working, and prospering in …