Make It Personal My personal reason for writing this blog is to be able to assist others in building a better mindset for money. And my commitment is to be willing to share my mistakes and ways to get past them to help you build a better financial life for yourself. That, of course, means
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As a Youth We were all a little athletic in our youth when we had abundant energy. Then, many started avoiding sports because of the competition. It became harder to have fun. But conditioning becomes more important as you age. However, available time for exercise becomes limited by your job and family demands. I am
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Learn to Talk You may have heard the phrase, “You can tell how much a person knows by the way they talk.” You should be concerned about that. How well do you talk? How broad is your vocabulary? Education exposes you to many more words. The more words you know, the more you can understand
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Does Money Require a Philosophy? The simple answer is yes. According to an AI Overview, “Philosophy is the systematic study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, and reality.” The word philosophy comes from a Greek word meaning “love of wisdom”. “Rather than relying on physical experiments, philosophy uses critical thinking, logical reasoning, and
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Put It Off Put off getting old as long as possible! Some say aging is in your head, until you forget where you are. Then comes the panic! But aging has more to do with how you feel than your ability to think. Joints may give out but you can get them replaced. I have
What Do You Know About Investing? Hopefully, everyone is telling you to be careful about investing. There are no guarantees when you invest. If you are looking at investing in company stock, remember Blockbuster and Kodak. Things happen. Things change. You may hear about rental property being a good investment. But there are major points
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A Funeral I once heard a speaker get the attention of his audience regarding making positive changes in their life by suggesting they take time to sit down and write out their own obituary. For most of us that is a chilling thought. None of us want to think about our life coming to an
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Do You Know Why You Are Poor? It is important to know why you are poor before you can find a way to become wealthy. But put aside the work “wealthy” until you can define how you came to be poor. For many, it may have started with your parents or grandparents, based on their
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The Unknown Is Just Unfamiliar When I retired my wife and I set out to explore our beautiful country, pulling an RV. We knew a little bit but not a lot about finding routes and RV parks. It was unfamiliar to us. But we made it an adventure, and I shared some of our travel
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Finding Willing Help The perception of blue-collar workers is that they do physical labor. And physical work causes many people to hesitate. Therefore, not all people are willing workers. That becomes a problem for contractors and any of the other occupations requiring manual labor. Finding willing help is essential. Being punctual to show up on
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