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Additional Learning

Lessons Learned in the Chamber of Treasures

September 9, 2009

Congratulations! You’ve survived the most fearsome and rewarding chamber of the pyramid! Way to go!
That was a formidable challenge, but you survived — and succeeded!  It takes a lot of discipline to stick with a routine like this for 30 days, so give yourself a pat on the back. Perhaps you slipped sometimes, but you made [...]

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Lessons Learned in the Chamber of Hieroglyphics

September 8, 2009

Congratulations! You need a sharp eye for detail to survive the Chamber of Hieroglyphics! But you, my friend, have just such an eye.
Small details sometimes make all the difference between a wrong heiroglyphic and the right one.
Similarly, our finances often hinge on a series of seemingly insignificant decisions. Even little variations in a daily, weekly or monthly [...]

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Lessons learned in the Chamber of Forbidden Fruit

August 27, 2009

That was insane! There were so many red apples that it was impossible to avoid them.
Most people end up losing a lot of Frugality Tokens in the Chamber of Forbidden Fruit, because it’s too hard to catch enough of the green apples to make up for the negative scores from all of the red apples.
No matter [...]

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Lessons learned in the Chamber of Household Spending

August 27, 2009

Wow! That was intense, wasn’t it? Did you take the time to carefully go through your finances and fill things out as accurately as possible? That effort will pay off.
Now that you know how you earn your money and where you spend it, you can see the big picture for your personal finances! Do you [...]

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Lessons learned in the Chamber of Puzzles

August 27, 2009

Congratulations! You’ve successfully completed the first chamber of the Pyramid! Before we journey deeper into the depths, let’s consider what we’ve already learned.
When the pieces of the puzzle were out of order, it was difficult to know how everything fit together–you couldn’t see the big picture. The same thing is true of your finances. Until [...]

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Lessons learned in the Chamber of Scarabs

August 27, 2009

First of all: “What’s a scarab?” The scarab (or “dung beetle”) was featured as a sacred symbol in ancient Egyptian artwork.
This resourceful creature gathers dung (its food source) into a ball up to 50 times its own weight. When the scarab travels, it takes its food with it by using its hind legs to roll the dung ball [...]

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