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Renowned children’s author Dr. Seuss was great at instilling life lessons through resonant rhymes and artwork. His books also pack some poignant financial lessons.
Always the Planner gleans some personal finance knowledge from Dr. Seuss books. Some of the parallels are stretches, but they all make sense:
* The Cat in the Hat — You don’t need to spend a lot to have a good time. Conversation and imagination are as entertaining as pricey outings. If you’re trying to save money, look first at scaling back your entertainment budget.
* Green Eggs and Ham — Stick with the same financial routines without varying your approach and you can grow bored and ineffective. Don’t let fear dictate your practices. Be willing to take reasonable risks that could better your standing.
* The Lorax — No matter how dreadful your situation, nothing will change unless you face up to your problems and start chipping away at their causes. When you’re struggling with money problems, the worst thing you can do is go with the flow and pretend nothing is wrong.
Dr. Seuss [Always the Planner]
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The Lorax ‚Äî No matter how dreadful the quality of your movie – no matter how many critics pan it has a worthless piece of junk, shamelessly trying to piggyback on the name of a famous author of children’s books who died almost ten years ago –
No matter how many reviews tell you the movie is a bad waste of your time and money – nothing will change the penchant for the dumbed-down American audience to spend $70 Million of its money over the course of a single weekend to go see it nonetheless.
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LOL at that picture!!! thx!
You are so cool and nuanced and smart. Also Apple products, Whole Foods, Organic, Helvetica.
“nothing will change the penchant for the dumbed-down American audience to spend $70 Million of its money over the course of a single weekend to go see it nonetheless.”
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-wrecked
Um…Seuss died over 20 years ago…
That’s odd.
I saw the movie yesterday and got a completely different message.
And environmental one… and how people who exploit the fails of our society into making cold hard cash without figuring out how to improve the situation.
I fucking cried my eyes out.
I think everyone should see it.
Green Eggs and Ham — Money tip
Even if the food is green, it still probably tastes good and is OK to eat.
Next up: Five veggies that cause cancer…
Without reading the author, I just knew this was a Phil article.
Phil, Phil, Phil.
If you added some value to your wholesale cuttings from other sites, people would be less like to deride your postings. It wouldn’t be that hard. Look, here’s an example:
Oh, The Places You’ll Go – Life is an adventure and there are many events that you can plan for, and some that you can’t. Responsible finances means directly saving for the former and building an emergency fund for the latter.
See, not hard. Now you try it.
My Worst Company in America nomination is Phil.
I read Phil articles for the comments.
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1 out of 10 ain’t bad(?)
Actually, the Lorax taught me that I can make gobs of money as long as I don’t give a fart about polluting the environment.
Was there another lesson in there?
The Lorax taught me how to be a Republican!
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins taught me that you can give away the earliest variations of your product, but eventually, you’ll need to start charging as your market dries up.
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I previously knew that the Lorax spoke for the trees.
Now I know that the Lorax also speaks for a Mazda SUV and breakfast at IHOP.
Yeah, Hollywood didn’t crap all over this story at all.
I have a feeling that Phil’s looking for a new home (or already bought one), and he’s also planning to watch (or have already watched) the Lorax.