Blog of Josh Hall

People’s willingness to pay a price defines market price, and that line is always being tested. This is probably more of an obvious one, but the social implications are severe, in my opinion.  There are two evils at play here.  The first, a common negotiation strategy is to ask for twice of what you really [...]

There is a big difference between cost and worth and they should never be confused.   Just because a shirt costs $990 does not mean it is worth $990, or anything near that!  There are so many examples of materialism where people pay so much more than the practical value of an item.  Even if [...]

How much debt do you have?  Include everything – school loans, house mortgage, car payment, business borrowing, everything.  

Never fully trust a realtor. Despite what they say, they’re probably not thinking with your desires 100% in their minds.  As a general rule of thumb, you should always know and question people’s intentions.  if they have no incentive to help you, they probably aren’t.  realtors make money from you.  They have a little motivation [...]

Offer people money when they’re paying for your enjoyment.  My favorite line that lead to this rule came from the Heinritz family:  “Boats don’t run on thanks, they run on gas.”  If they refuse, that’s up to them, but it’s up to you to initiate the gratitude.

Today didn’t go quite how I wanted it to go.  I lost structure and got distracted and demotivated a lot.  We’ll see if I can get better for tomorrow. 7:30 am – Wake up for an 8:00am workday start from home Noon – quick jaunt to the local post office to send off some last [...]