Have you read The Millionaire Next Door, The Millionaire Mind, or The Richest Man in Babylon yet? If you have, then you’ll know that most millionaires aren’t very different from the rest of us. They just have a focused mindset about what it takes to become wealthy, and are extremely persistent in achieving their goals.
So, [...]
Category Archives: Personal Finance
The Millionaire Mindset
Emergency Fundathon
As most smart savers know, creating and maintaining an emergency fund should be a priority before branching into investment and speculation.
Even though I live in Arizona where the sun shines 350 days a year, into everyone’s life a little rain must fall. It happens to all of us at some point in our lives. An [...]
Saving: You Can Do It!
I’m sure that you’ve heard the following phrase before:
“There will always be those who have, and those who don’t”.
If you’re an observer of peoples’ behavior like I am, then you’ve probably figured out that this phrase should actually read:
“There will always be those who will, and those who won’t”.
In all of the years that I’ve [...]
Weekly Wrap
Considering the performance of the stock market, and the economic news released this week, need I have to describe where things are headed?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-nHhMq_Z5s
Debt and Credit
The concept of easy credit and Americans carrying too much debt was what first got me into financial blogging a couple of years ago.
Now, you can read news about Americans being overburdened by debt everywhere since the uncovering of sub-prime loans debacle and economic slowdown.
But, even after all of these debt problems surfaced, attempting to [...]
New Frugality or Old School?
I happen to discover Donna Freedman’s post today at MSN Moneyblog Smart Spending site, entitled: How long will the ‘new frugality’ last?. I like the way Donna thinks. She has a lot of smart things to convey about personal finance, debt and frugal living, and she presents it well.
Well, I haven’t heard this phase “the [...]