A friend-of-a-friend asked me for financial advice recently. This lady had gotten herself into a financial bind, whereby she will now “unexpectedly” need another $5,000 a month to cover expenses. She wanted to know my thoughts on the best way to go about gaining the extra money. The reason I put “unexpectedly” in quotes, is […]
There’s a lot of self-improvement literature out there telling people that they should go “easy on themselves”. While this may sound good in theory, I’ve never seen anyone accomplish anything worthwhile by taking the easy route. The most common way I know to get things done, to achieve and to motivate yourself is to be […]
Saving money. For many, it’s like exercise. They love the results from it but they can’t stand the process. So, they don’t do it. And it doesn’t help that many wealth building “experts” actually criticize saving money. Hard to believe, but it’s true. I see it all the time. Most of the “experts” that criticize saving […]
Ah, that age old debate…which came first the chicken or the egg? Well, now we can finally solve the mystery. How you ask? Just order one of each from Amazon and see which one arrives at the door first. Ha ha. All kidding aside, there’s a similar debate often discussed in the wealth building arena…which […]
Here’s a question for you…What if some of the biggest blockbuster movies ever made, had been created without the use of scripts? No lines. No queues. No prompts. Just total ad-lib. Neo would have never left his apartment and we’d all be controlled by the matrix. We wouldn’t have seen Forest run. Hell, we would […]
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” –Bill Gates There’s a famous concept in sports known as the “disease of more.” It was originally coined by Pat Riley, the hall of fame coach who led six teams to NBA championships, including the famous Lakers dynasty. Riley said that […]
When people come to me for money advice they generally fall into one of two categories: The first category is the twenty something year old who’s hungry for success. Bright-eyed and bushy tailed, these folks are energetic and they soak up knowledge given to them like a sponge. They want to learn and they meticulously […]
Whenever someone asks me for financial advice, I invariably get around to asking them an important question. It’s this…when was the last time you calculated your net worth and how often do you calculate it? Normally, I get something of a roundabout, politician type of answer back. Something like, “I know how much I’m worth. […]
Tired of being jolted awake at 5:30am by an alarm clock, fighting traffic for over an hour, just to get to a job that you hate and then spend your days making someone else rich? Sick of having to face Draconian corporate world crap such as layoffs, silly popularity contests, musical chairs, insane office politics […]
