This is a guest post and does not necessary reflect the views and opinions of Academy Success (but I agree it's pretty good advice). Learn about guest posting on Academy Success here. ---- College is expensive ... It's an obvious statement and somewhat of a cliché in 2013, but it can't be ignored by high school seniors. Unless you're in the minority of full-ride scholarships or parents who pay tuition, you need to find a way to cover the cost on your own. In the U.S., that way is the … [Read more...]
How Can New Or Expecting Parents Keep Their Finances In Check?
Everyone has heard that after you have a child, your life will never be the same. While that's absolutely true, the saying itself doesn't really go into any useful details. In addition to having a sporadic sleep schedule for the next few years, one of the areas that a new child impacts the most is a couple's finances. According to multiple estimates, the cost to raise a child over the course of eighteen years is around $300,000. If that figure didn't make your jaw hit the floor, it's worth … [Read more...]
Why Effective Goal Setting Will Completely Change Your Life
You've probably set a few goals in your life, and if you're reading this website, you've probably reached quite a few of them, but let me ask you this question - a question that will change the way you set goals for the rest of your life. Are you practicing effective goal setting? Out of all of the goals you've set for yourself in your life, whether they were long-term goals or short-term goals, how many of those goals have you completely blown out of the water? Probably not very many if I … [Read more...]
Hack Your Credit Score In Three Easy Steps [Infographic]
[Update]: Since I wrote this article, a lot of people have been emailing me asking for help executing the process outlined here. Unfortunately, I don't have the capacity to do one-on-one credit coaching, however, if you would like additional help beyond what you see in this article, I do have a great recommendation for you. I recommend you check out the 'Getting Out of Debt' and the "Bills and Expenses' checklists that I offer in my Financial Automation Checklist Collection. They'll … [Read more...]
Want More Out of Life? Learn The Fast Track Formula of Academy Success
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 just can't accept that. I've seen too many ordinary people do extraordinary things to believe that a successful mindset is only inherited. Maybe some people are born with more natural … [Read more...]
Personal Finance Lesson: An Easy Way to Save $1000s, Take More Vacations, and Have Way Less Junk
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 turn you can spend, save, donate, or do whatever you want with it. For some reason nearly everyone I know is in the following situation. They don't have as much money as they'd like to. They don't have … [Read more...]