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6 Essential Money Habits for Success

In his recent webinar, Leo Babauta explains that the key to reaching your goals is creating consistent habits. What are the habits I would recommend for success with money?

The Key to Success with Money is Watching People Lose Weight

The correlation between weight and money is striking–I’d like to revisit it from my perspective and explain why the connection is so strong.

3 Key Ingredients for Delectable Finances

This is a guest post from Charles at CreditDonkey, which discusses three key ingredients for success in personal finance.

The Most Dangerous Habit in Personal Finance…

…is swinging the pendulum too far and too often. Bouncing from one financial extreme to another can be hazardous to your finances. Here are a few ways to stop it.

How to Find a Financial Trim Tab

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?

How to Deal With Future Income

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

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