When is the last time you celebrated a financial win? I listen to my friends and readers tell me how difficult their financial problems are to solve. And I agree - IF you look at their obstacles in totality it may seem insurmountable. We see a steep mountain, in Siberia, covered in ice, with below freezing temperatures and wind chills of -40 degrees. BRUTAL! Let’s ...
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INVESTMENTS , WEALTH BUILDING POWERS
CASH IS LIKE MANURE- YOU HAVE TO SPREAD IT AROUND TO MAKE YOUR INVESTMENTS GROW!
I have recently read several articles stating cash is awful. It concerns me so much, I am willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and take that EVIL cash off your hands. Just mail that evil paper money to me! In reality, we use cash to buy assets that hopefully will increase in value AND beat inflation. Every investment I have made (good and bad), came from cash - home ...
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FINANCIAL LITERACY , WEALTH BUILDING POWERS
EASY LIFE HACK FOR REMARKABLE RESULTS (INCREASE YOUR EARNINGS BY A FACTOR OF 10!)
Did you write your 2018 goals down? Can you find them? Some of you are thinking what’s the big deal! Let’s look at a small case study to see why it is a BIG deal. “Mark McCormack the author of "What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School" conducted a study on Harvard Business School MBA program, 1979 batch. The students were asked a simple question ...
Read MoreSome of you are off to a terrific start! Let’s look at potential accomplishments: • You are employed or own your business and have a steady and growing income stream. • Have paid all education loans off. • Contributing (HOPEFULLY AT MAXIMUM LEVEL - $18,500) to your 401-K. If not at maximum level of your 401-K you are using your annual raises to increase your participation percentage in your 401K until you reach maximum amount of ...
Read MoreOne of my readers asked - how do you create a budget without a steady income? This is a reality for millions of people: Uber and Lyft Drivers, College Students, Commission Sales, Part Time Employees and many other self employed people. Approximately, 15 million Americans are self-employed, and have income that comes in at different times and different amounts. So how do you create a budget when you do not know ...
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SAVE MORE BY SPENDING LESS STOP Buying Crap This is your first step to accumulating wealth. I went to my basement last week and I saw boxes and bags of crap!! All that crap, cost money. And it’s just sitting there!. My garage, same problem.So let me define crap. Useless stuff you do NOT NEED/WANT! Let’s look at how much we can spend, annually on crap:· Two six packs of beer/week -$625· Daily ...
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