From the Big Apple to Chi-town Shanghai to Dubai ... the location for the world's tallest building is bouncing around the globe, baby. Some call it a sign of progress for a city to have digs that big ... I call it the upscale version of keeping up with the Joneses. Who cares if your city has the tallest bunch of brick and mortar in it?

Don't be so busy making sure yours is the biggest and baddest on the block. The more time you spend trying to impress the joes and jills around you with your stuff, the less time you spend actually making smart moolah decisions. What good is a 2008 set of wheels if it's dragging a $600 car payment with it? How stupid is it to buy a set of clothes that will be "out" in 6 months, and you're still paying on it after a year? Don't buy into it, bub. Life is worth more than that ... don't water yourself down with "stuff".