Break Out Of Your Money Box
“Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.” ~Rebecca Johnson
Just like a cat that was placed in a box while growing up, we all have existing constraints on the amount of money we believe we can have. A cat who grew up in a box will always maintain a smaller posture, but we as humans can change our constraints.
Sometimes our constraints come from our childhood, the attitudes of our family and friends, or just what we believe is possible for ourselves. Your money comfort zone affects both the amount of money you earn on a monthly basis, and your net worth. Continue reading »
How To Make Your WorkWeek Work For You Not Against You
“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” ~Jerome K. Jerome
If you have yet to cut your typical work week down to 4 hours, like Tim Ferris has in his book The Four-Hour Work Week, here’s how to make your work week work for you instead of against you.
If you often hear yourself or your friends say, “Monday Sucks!”, or “Friday rocks”, you need to read this. Making your work week work for you is more than just work life balance, it’s about reclaiming your daily rituals outside of work.
Here’s a quick run through of what a typical work week might look like for most people. Continue reading »
Play Your Cards Right, Win Big?
“The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.” ~H. L. Mencken
This is a guest post by Peter Normandia from Yin vs. Yang.
Growing up in the in the late 1980s/early 90s, I was taught to do well in school, get a job, and save as much as I could for retirement. Essentially, the concept was to play your cards right and hope to win big.
No wonder I had to learn about money the hard way.
Although it was given with the best of intentions, I have found that advice completely useless in today’s world. Times have changed. Continue reading »
Self-Employment: One Selfish Way to Financial Independence
This is the first in a series of 3 articles about how to achieve success and financial freedom through selfish means. You should subscribe to find out what the next two ingredients to selfish success are, because the self-employment step is not enough on its own.
It’s Wrong to Be Selfish
We learn at a very young age that being selfish is a bad thing. We are taught to share, and especially as women, we are taught that we should put other people’s needs before ours. As women, we are the providers, the mothers, those who make sure everything is good for our family members. But what if being selfish is actually a good trait? Continue reading »
How Getting Out of Line Can Get You To Your Financial Finish Line Sooner
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If there was a straight line starting at birth, and finishing at a retirement home, it would look a little like this: first you go to school, to get educated and learn to socialize with others.
Then you attend more school, and if you’re really good, even more. Eventually you go to work, and no matter if you’re good or not, you keep on going to work. Eventually you retire. This “assembly-line” is what the song “Another Brick in The Wall” by Pink Floyd refers to: that line that everyone is supposed to toe.
But what if you could get more of what you really want, say money or success, if you didn’t toe this line? Continue reading »
6 Money Relationship Problems To Help Counsel Yourself Back To Wealth
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Editor’s Note: This is the final part of a three part series on how to shape up your relationship to money. Click here to read part one, and part two. Subscribe to receive notification of future posts that will help you increase your inner and outer wealth!
Many couples go to relationship counseling to try to fix their relationship problems. My recommendation is for you to perform relationship counseling yourself, on your relationship to money.
