Financial independence

Financial independence

First of all, if today’s post sounds a little wonky, it’s because I am flying solo this week. My wife (aka super-mom) is at boy-scout camp (volunteering) with our son. In addition to being a great wife and mom, she is also my editor, so let me apologize in...
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Top 10 financial blunders

Don’t pay the stupid tax! Mistakes, we all make ’em. But what are the top 10 financial blunders? I think I have made 8 of these mistakes (see below).  Doh! I was being stupid in a no stupid zone. Consider your own personal financial journey.  Have you made...
Top 5 money management priorities

Top 5 money management priorities

Your financial dream; this is the fun part, go ahead and dream, but make sure you dream BIG! Let your imagination go. What do you want your financial future to look like? Does it involve debt? Harassing calls from collectors? Living paycheck-to-paycheck? (that’s...
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Millionaires think differently

Lessons learned from actual millionaires  1) Most millionaires do not live in fancy houses or drive luxury automobiles – they typically live in middle class neighborhoods and drive non-descript automobiles (not foreign luxury cars).  They live well below their means...
Financial independence

Think smarter

Financial decisions are all around us – they happen almost every day.  I created this blog to share my experiences in hope that you might learn from my success as well as my failure.     .       .   Life is hard – do your research and learn from your...