I've been answering quite a few questions on Quora lately from novice investors. I guess it's good that people are at least asking questions rather than sitting and doing nothing, but either way, it's a little bit scary what's out there. These are the wrong questions to be asking. They're all centered around getting rich quick - which I'm sorry to tell you, doesn't happen with investing unless you're hustling and have a lot of money to throw around. But then I think back to how … [Read more...]
Financial Automation: All of the Apps, Websites, and Services I Use to Drive My Financial Automation System
Until today, I haven't gone into great detail about the inner workings of my financial automation system that I yap about so much, not because I'm hiding it or anything, but just because it's a bit of a bear. But I've been getting a lot of questions about how I pull it all off lately from a lot of eager readers - including my buddy Justin from Limitless365 who I just profiled in the previous post - so I've decided to pull back the curtains and reveal it all. Here it is folks, in … [Read more...]
How to Think Differently About Money This Year
Let me ask you a question. Have you ever sat back and thought about how your mindset about money might be affecting the financial position that you're in, or even the life position that you're in? Most mass media blogs only seem to talk about "saving money" "cutting back" "reducing costs" etc. Why? Because it's easy to optimize what you already have, and it's incredibly easy for them to write about this. Optimization is an important part of your personal finances, but cutting … [Read more...]
Seven Silly Personal Finance Myths That Are Making You Poor
If you've been a part of Academy Success for any decent amount of time, you'll know that I tend to think a little bit differently than the masses. Ultimately, the masses are largely ordinary, and if you wanted to be ordinary, you wouldn't be reading this right now. So today, as part of our goal to create a better financial life for you this year, I challenge you to behave more like the financially successfully by busting open a few myths you may have ingrained into your mind - probably … [Read more...]