A few years back I met a pretty smart young man – someone who was one his way to being very financially responsible, and assured a prosperous life of asset growth. He had obviously been through at least a little bit of personal finance training in his life. He had saved throughout all of his…
Throughout my life, I’ve examined a fair number of successful individuals. Being the curious person that I am, I’ve often wondered, what’s so special about them that allows them to continually do the things that they do? A lot of people say you’re just born to be successful, that it can’t be earned. Well I…
As I write this post, it’s late-March. My NCAA championship bracket is actually doing pretty well and I’m glued to my TV every second of every day watching games, highlights, analysis, and predictions of the NCAA tournament. But afterwards, spring will be in the air, and this Louisville, KY blogger will be focused on things…
This is going to be a short one, but don’t let that throw you. This is actually a really important lesson about personal finance. Pay attention and really think about the lessons taught in this post. They’ll save you thousands, if not 10s of thousands of dollars in your lifetime. Opportunity cost – in this…
Alright – So a lot of you out there are probably getting big fat tax refunds rolling in about now (at least a couple Gs, right?). Maybe you’re not getting a big fat pile of cash like the one in the picture, but most people at least get a nice chunk of change that can be…
I’ve used the technique below for the past couple of years, and it has been working out really well. It will not only save you money, but it will also begin to ingrain a nice basic awareness of what is going on with your finances, which can help pave the way for future personal finance…
Money is good. Even more money is even better. Right? I think it’s safe to say anyone reading this blog is hungry for a little bit more monetary padding in the bank. The fact is, sometimes your basic 40 hour a week job just doesn’t yield the cash you need (or think you need). Whether it’s…
So this post probably isn’t going to help you save up a big drug dealer style roll of $100s like the image might indicate, but I can promise you that if you try out the simple personal finance training in this post you will experience a very positive gain in your disposable income, which in…
This is a little bit off topic from what I normally write about, but this Netflix situation is just too good to ignore for me. This one gets a bit long, but there’s some good stuff in here, so I hope you’ll stick around. Leave Netflix Alone!! When I first started writing this post I…