Oh, how I love guest posting. Let me count the ways… Today I have a guest post over at Motivate Thyself authored by Eric Hamm. His previous post about Simplicity inspired me to write this. So I thought it was appropriate that I gave this to him as a guest post in keeping with the …
There are many ways and methods espoused by different personal finance experts on the best way to live your life and use money for your benefit. In these next two blog posts I am going to talk about two people from two different sides of the spectrum. The first is Dave Ramsey who has probably …
Personal Finance Challenge #44: The Dave Ramsey Way Read More »
“No man is an island entire of himself.” We sure like to pull things out of context sometimes. We also like to pull people out of context. This quote is pulled out of context. It has a deeper meaning than you probably know. I never knew the full quote until just now and it goes …
There are a lot of debates in the Personal Finance world. Buying a house is better than renting, or renting is better than buying. Cut up your credit cards and never use them again, or use your credit cards wisely and win cash back, free flights, and other prizes. Buying a used car is best. …
Personal Finance Challenge #24: Don’t Believe It Read More »
I recently wrote an article about how Benjamin Franklin was the first personal development blogger… And of course this led me to the idea to write this article… As many of you already know the beginning of Franklin’s quote goes… “early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” I had …
“The evil men do lives after them while the good is oft interred with their bones.” -Marc Antony from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar First I thought I wouldn’t write about Michael. Then I figured I would wait till the autopsy came out. Just right now I decided it is both worthwhile to write about him and …
So you have set a goal for yourself and you are seeing little to no progress on it. The days are flying by and you are thinking to yourself,… “Why am I not seeing progress here?” One answer may be that you don’t have the ways or means to accomplish your goal just yet. You …
I recently listened to a podcast where Seth Godin, one of the best marketers and authors on the planet, talks about his daily writing practice. He literally has written one small blog post every single day for 12 years running. He is amazingly consistent and prolific, having written 12 bestselling books in his career. He …
When I first started blogging I searched the web for hours on end to find the “know how” I needed to make this site. I can’t even tell you the untold hours I have spent trying to find ways to build this blog and make it better. I must have visited over a hundred blogs …
With a presidential election coming up it is hard to avoid hearing about the issue of rising health care costs and what politicians are planning, or not planning, on doing about it. I figured it was worth sharing some of my thoughts on the matter and the best research I have found so that you …