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Principles

How to Find a Financial Trim Tab

02.22.2010 5 comments
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What is a trim tab? It’s a small element that is able to steer a ship by exerting well-placed forces. What financial trim tabs can we identify that could help us reach our goals faster?

Personal Finance in 3 Rules (Video): What Are Yours?

02.18.2010 16 comments
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What if you tried to summarize everything you believe about personal finance in three simple rules? Here’s my shot at it–weigh in with your three!

How to Deal With Future Income

01.13.2010 14 comments
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Thinking about a recent stream of comments lately–all about future income. How do we deal with it?

How to Write a Great Financial Mission Statement

12.02.2009 10 comments
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This is it–the one document that will guide your financial decisions for the rest of your life. Are you ready to write one?

6 Financial Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs

07.13.2009 8 comments
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Seven financial blunders to avoid at all costs if you plan on succeeding financially in your life, including spending more than you earn and using emotions as a guide.

The 7 Habits of Personal Finance – Part II

06.25.2009 1 comment
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Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits as applied to money and personal finance – a discussion of the interdependence habits and the habit of self-renewal.

The 7 Habits of Personal Finance – Part I

06.24.2009 7 comments
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Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits as applied to money and personal finance – a discussion of the first three habits of independence.

Identifying Needs Versus Wants in Your Budget

06.01.2009 4 comments
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One of the biggest struggles with budgeting is understanding the difference between needs and wants. Although we all understand this intuitively, here’s a 5-category system to make things crystal clear.

Principles of Car Ownership

03.03.2009 0 comments
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Today’s post is more like a personal mission for me. Several years ago, I promised myself that I would do everything possible, within reason, to get my car to 100,000 miles. Some of you reading this may consider such mileage and wonder why I haven’t gotten something new yet, and some may laugh and wonder [...]