Saturday -- May 19, 2012

Smart Money Management

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Smart money management skills are part of the learn-about-money-so-you-can-protect-your-own-ass(ets) action plan. Learning the mechanics of money management is important. Why? Because you need to increase your money awareness, get clear on your personal finances, and stop the game of financial dishonesty that so many people play. Smart money management skills provide us with clarity. You [...]

Tap Into Your Inner Wealth

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I decided to clear out my baggage and increase the abundance in my life. I needed support to build a new financial fitness routine. I know about the Laws of Attraction, the importance of affirmations and declarations, and the benefits of positive thinking. I wanted an improved relationship with money. I needed personal development tools and exercises to clear my resistance and anchor my wealth building intentions. I sought to rewire my emotional circuitry, to take myself off automatic pilot and kick my energy up a notch or two.

Your Money Set Point – How High Is Yours?

We all have them. A financial or money set point. It’s the amount of money you are comfortable having or earning. A financial set point is the monetary ceiling you set to limit yourself. Your money set point might be based on monthly sales, quarterly net revenue, or annual salary. You often aren’t even aware [...]

Tip’d

Have you keyed into the financial information bounty that is Tip’d? Tip’d is a community for financial news, ideas and tips. It operates as a social media platform, meaning the community (you) decides which news stories and investing tips should be published on our homepage. Tip’d users vote on stories they like by clicking the [...]

World’s Biggest Financial Fraud. For Now.

The Hairy Armpit Gang works for their own best interests. Don’t get blinded by their alleged pedigree — education, supposed knowledge, or white collar persona. The Hairy Armpit Gang is made up of crooks. They are predators. You need to protect yourself to not become a next victim. You must take a leaf from their operating philosophy and work for your own best interests.

Your Money Talks

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Doodads are impulse purchases that decrease your cash flow. Doodads are eye candy that you think will make you happy, healthy, sexy and more confident. They don’t. Doodads provide momentary pleasure while depleting your cash. Leave them in the store. You have bigger dreams to realize.

Money Tips From 5 Favorite Personal Finance Blogs

Image by bradipo via Flickr You can learn more about personal finance, investing, budgeting, and spending consciously by reading personal finance blogs online. It’s been an enjoyable way to brush up on topics I am familiar with, and an easy way to  learn new subjects I hadn’t considered. I started reading personal finance blogs after [...]

2009 Income Planning

Join me Friday, December 12 on Blog Talk Radio’s The Passion Project with host Katherine Reschke. We will discuss how to prepare your 2009 Income Plan. Katherine and I will also talk about how to stay open to abundance and prosperity during a widely-reported economic downturn. The show airs live at noon EST (11am CST, [...]

An Insurance Primer

It is a good idea to use insurance as a hedge against assuming significant financial risk. Do you know what the most important types of insurance coverage that you need? Are you adequately covered? How can you insulate yourself from excessive risk during these times of financial stress? Kevin Gear, The Money Hawk, has written [...]

AIG Is Back!

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Doesn’t everyone in their right mind want to buy stock in what is apparently a poorly-managed and inefficiently-run corporation. A corporation that will need more emergency funding in the near future.