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How Do You Become Wealthy?

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

FAQ: How do you become wealthy? Live on less than you make, think, don’t be too busy (still working on this!).  Pick up pennies.  It’s a good discipline and it makes you think twice about grande or Venti…(I never finish a grande anyway).  Pay less tax…over your life, no greater expense than tax, yet we take it lying down (think about it) :: split, defer, convert…repeat!

Wealthy is a state of mind and a reflection of applying the above.

Beware of seeking wealth out of a lack of contentment, applying these principles will increase wealth, it won’t fix contentment problems!

Oh Would Adam Smith Be Proud!

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Supply and Demand…it truly is a beautiful thing.  Vancouver Canuck’s fans are experiencing this first hand this week as today the prices came out for just how much a ticket to the Stanley Cup final costs.

According to FanSnap (a US website that allows users to search multiple ticket reselling websites), the average ticket price for Canucks home game is $1,900 and the average for Boston Bruins home games is $1,100. Joellen Ferrer of StubHub, a website that allows fans to sell tickets and set their own prices, says average ticket prices are up about $150 from last year’s Stanley Cup finals between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks. Any fans hoping to see the Canucks actually clinch their first Stanley Cup at home better be willing to dig even deeper into their pockets as tickets for Game 7 range from $1,699 to $3,800. The biggest draw to this series is the fact that fans may have a chance to see history, either with the Canucks winning their first Stanley Cup ever or the Bruins winning their first Cup in 39 years.

Just think of the ticket prices when the Leafs make the Cup Final next year!

Linkedin Profile

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

So apparently this “Internet” thing is going to stick around.  We’ve decided to jump right in (early innovators, I know).

Check us out!
John MacDonald & Associates on LinkedIn

I’m sure Twitter is coming soon…I’m not sure the world wants a 24/7 John MacDonald play-by-play.

We’ll see.

j

Umm…I Don’t Think So…

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Ah…Roma!!

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

Piazza Novona is one of my favourite places on the planet.

More later…Vatican museums to see!

Signs of the End of the Epoch?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

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So, Bejing right… 27 years ago I studied Political Science and Labour Economics and the last 3 days have reminded me how much I loved the idea of a planned economy. Excess Labour, Low Demand (because we tell people what they want and what they can have) and just plain old fashion dictatorship of the proletariat. Now I remember Karl Marx and Joesph Engles and all their utopian ideas….sort of got swept up in it….so when I get back to Capitalism Central, I’m gonna write the Chairman a letter and offer to help him fix his economy, so much fun! KPMG and Ernst & Young are here, why not JMA…exactly!

I’m Alive!!!!

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

M~ Godfather 2Rumours of my demise are greatly exaggerated…. great quote and frankly, since the last week of tax season is almost always a near death experience, this year was no different! Returning to the land of the living, actually eating dinner with your family after 6 weeks, stringing together whole sentences without a pause…these are a few of my favourite things.

Good Friday….

Friday, April 10th, 2009

You work on Good Friday? Well really we just dig out. Do our best to get out to church, remember WHY THEY CALL IT GOOD FRIDAY….it was a GOOD DAY, because without it….there is no hope! Home for hot cross buns (yes CROSS….no idea!) Then to the office with a shovel and see if I can get back behind the snowball called tax deadline. April 15th US DEADline coming in fast now! We give the staff the option of working Friday or Saturday!snowball

Busy!

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Tax Season for accountants is busy….we work crazy hours! But the fact is, when you work 12 hours a day and 6 days a week, you have alot of capacity! So dont wait, dont apologize, really, were grownups, this is our life…were tax accountants! Nobody listened to my grandfather because he had to milk the cows 7 days a week, twice a day, so just step up, let us know what we can do to help you…..and tell your friends, we like meeting new people like you, people with interesting problems, interesting….we like that!

J