Category Archives: principles

Mar 30 0 comments
Aging, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Metaphor, principles

Metaphor #1 – Convictions

It’s Metaphor Week at the NDD!  First, a definition. A metaphor is a direct claim that
A is X.  A simile is similar, but it says A is like X, not A is X.
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Want to stay young at heart?  Have not only the courage of your convictions, but the courage to explore them thoroughly.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily

Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940,  American author and screenwriter.  Ironically he died at the exact age of the older person in his quote.
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One year ago today – In Spring I Have Counted
Two years ago today – Any Married Man
Three years ago today – Until They Know
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Sep 10 0 comments
common sense, Happiness, money, principles, Walter Bagehot

>The Secret of Prosperity

>I recently got into a conversation online under a posting by a friend of mine. She mentioned that God had been telling her husband that they should live a debt free life. My response was that it sounded more like common sense than God.

Their ensued a long conversation ranging from one who thinks God holds all the money and we are all rich if we just ask to those who thought it might not be wise to get rid of their mortgage, even if they could.

It made me think about how people make their decisions. Some need to have the blanket of God verbally draped over everything to give it validity, whether it is going to get a burger or buying a house. Others make their decisions based purely on feelings and needs and desires without regard to the wisdom of the choice. Many more are somewhere in between.

In the end though, common sense delivers. Don’t spend more than you make. Don’t invest in something that seems too good to be true. Don’t believe someone is neutral who has a vested interest, they aren’t. Understand basic principles of finance and money.

Drawing by Marty Coleman, The Napkin Dad
http://napkindad.blogspot.com
http://www.martycoleman.com

quote by Walter Bagehot, 1826-1877, English businessman and journalist


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