Friday, October 31, 2008

Bankrupt Celebrities

Hiding behind all the glitz and glamour and what may seem as if odd celebreties are individuals who get bankrupt fairly frequently, although it's also the case that they come through it quite often as well.

This could quite agreeably be the reason behind Clarissa Dickson Wright being bankrupt not once but thrice! It was said that the earliest bit was due to the champagne bill at her mother's funeral!
The list of bankrupt celebreties is extensive and consists of celebreties on all walks of life based on senators to TV stars to football players and movie stars. Often the reason for these bankruptcies is that money is aquired quickly and when the checks arrive in, it does not seem desire they would regularly stop. It's like a dream and many celebreties do not know how to condition with it and accordingly end up in excesses that they can't afford.

Take for instance Kim Basinger who was said of all things to experience bought an entire town! Kim Basinger bought the entire town of Braselton, Georgia for 20 million bucks and after being sued for a breach of contract not easily had to purchase Braselton but also file for bankruptcy.

While in her case it was one principle expense that led to her demise, in cases of most celebreties it is a series of excesses and typical expenses that properties will not afford once their good times end and the checks stop rolling in as they yet did.

Mike Tyson was alleged for instance to need $400,000 a month to maintain his life style but after filing bankruptcy now lives on a modest rented residential structure in Phoenix.

Although it might appear curious the motive why many celebreties go on now spending spree is that they genuinely believe that it is never going to end. Imagine; you are making money and getting a select extent of salary and would think that this is an end less stream of dollars that you will keep to generate in out life. In your situation in normal circumstances it will be true because as you gain undergo and advance in your career your salary will only increase.

However, believe of it from the height of view of a celebrity as they in addition think along the same lines. They furthermore imagine that their earnings will be an endless stream which will not end. Although, what they do not realize is that unlike a normal salaried person this golden period is planning to end and what they are rendering at this time is probably highly skewed and can not stay on rendering it for the rest of their life. This is real for actors as well as athletes. They won't outstandingly expect a 10% raise on what they are rendering till the end of such a life. When money comes and comes in fast, it's difficult for celebreties to think that it are able to ever stop. To these kinds of an extent who they even start ignoring the bad news. For instance an actress might ignore a bad review of her movie when she should probably take stock of it, see if somewhat is wrong and then takes care of it.

The problem of bankrupt celebreties is so acute that it has sprung up an industry of its own with professionals who advise these types of celebreties to manage their wealth and to as good as keep a check on the excesses. These financial tamers watch in the back of their clients and avert them out of buying things that can spin out of control fancy late comedian Rod Hull who bought an Elizabethan Mansion in 1987 for 387,000 pounds and spent one more 500,000 pounds in restoring it. The house was quickly repossessed as he faced huge tax debt and was in a problem that he couldn't quite control.

While celebreties may continuing to add a tiny bit glitz to what is indeed a dark problem, one must still be in mind this there are lessons to be learned from them and like them we also feel the need to indulge in excesses too often. While indulgence is not bad and may even be necessary some times, be absolute that you do not end up in somewhat that becomes disease covet and larger amount of than that be careful so you don't spend on something the requires monthly pay checks. What was more than likely a 20 million dollars town to Kim Basinger could well be a 100,000 dollars sports car for you!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

How Often Do You Promote Others






My favorite bloggers aren’t who you might expect. I love Glenda Watson Hyatt. I love Jon Swanson. I love Marti Lawrence. I think Ann Handley and Shannon Paul are excellent reads, too.

None of these bloggers are on your typical Top 10, but they’re people I read nonstop. I want YOU to read them, too. Not all of them will be your cup of tea, maybe. But they’re voices that deserve more attention than the stuff I write on a given day.

In our space, in the fishbowl business, it seems like there are a scant few people getting all the links and the references. We point to the folks on top of the charts all the time, and riff off their ideas.

Wouldn’t it be more cool if we found the less-known? Wouldn’t it be better if we collected some of our favorites into “starter packs” of interesting content we should be reading/watching/listening to?

And furthermore, even amongst the bigger names, how often are you sharing the good stuff other people are doing? I’ll tell you who’s on top of the heap who shares a lot: Robert Scoble. He points me to new stuff all the time, both on his blog, but very much in his Google Reader Shared Items.

So, my question to you: are you sharing and promoting others enough? Can you do it more? How can you bring more awareness of the people who deserve it?