As you might expect, I’m often asked for financial advice. Friends and friends-of-friends will hit me up with questions they have about money and investing. And I’m happy to help. After all, that’s why I blog and also why there’s nothing for sale on my blog – I simply want to share what I know […]

I’m often asked this question – “How much money do I need before I can retire early and be financially free?” My answer is – “It depends.” It depends on this… How much happiness you think you’ll be able to withstand in retirement. Some people can’t withstand that much happiness, so a little amount of […]

If you haven’t read George Clason’s seminal classic “The Richest Man in Bablyon”, I highly recommend that you pick up a copy or just look for the full text online. Originally Clason distributed his financial wisdom thru a series of informational pamphlets distributed by banks and insurance companies. But in 1926, the pamphlets were bound […]

Americans are angry. They’re angry because things have never looked so different. Never before has there been such a divide in our country. Never before has there been such a separation. Never before has there been such an obvious gap between… the haves and have not’s. And we know this about anger – behind every […]

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 […]

There’s an old adage – we are our habits. That’s true. I also like to say that we are our responses to temptations as well. In fact, temptations are the beginnings of all habits, both good and bad. So, it’s important to recognize what tempts you financially and can take you off course on your […]

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 […]