Category Archives for Money Management
3 Really Stupid Things that Really Smart People Do With their Money
In between eating from his box of chocolate and regaling bystanders with tales of magic shoes and war heroics, Forrest Gump sagely reminded us that “stupid is as stupid does.” You tell ‘em Forrest.
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Many of us understand that unforeseen circumstances may require you to pay out money you hadn’t planned to spend and might not have. To help soften the blow when this happens, you can better prepare
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The 3 Real Reasons You Are Not Saving for Retirement
In a recent survey I asked why people were not saving for retirement. A whopping 51.6% said that it was because they did not have enough money. I compare this to the reason behind why many people do not
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How Much Should You be Saving to Get Everything You Want
One of the most asked questions in personal finance is: how much should I be saving? Unfortunately, there is not a nice straight forward answer. You might be asking, “but everyone says to save 15% of
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Your Problem is Not Lack of Financial Education
Financial education- we all know we need more, we don’t teach it and education is the key to having financially wise people. I am here to say – bullshit! Financial education
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Are You a Good Candidate for Financial Coaching?
Thinking about hiring a financial coach? Not sure if you are a good candidate for financial coaching? Ensuring that coaching is right for you can save you time and money. Following are some traits and
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Who to Help? Financial Advisor, Coach, Educator or Mentor
Do you ever get confused when trying to figure out what type of financial help that you need? There seems to be a never ending line of different titles that you can choose from: financial advisor, financial
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Five Tips for Picking a Financial Coach
Thinking about hiring a financial coach? Not exactly sure what to look for in a coach? It is your lucky day – here are my tips in what you should look at and ask any financial coach you are interviewing. 1.
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Not Ready to Invest? Steps You Should Take to Get Ready
Feel like you are not ready to start investing? Think that gives you a free ticket to ignore investing right now? Don’t make that mistake, there are still things you should be doing, even if you
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Zero Sum Budgeting: Do I Really Have to get to Zero?
Today we are going to chat about exactly how close to zero you need to get when you are doing a zero sum budget! (Please don’t leave, I promise this is not too boring!) Text is below the video
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