I’m going to let you in on a little financial secret. In America we're all sheep mindlessly following the crowd to our financial demise. No one sets out to be a conformist, to emulate everyone else. It’s a natural by-product of being human. We’re social animals by nature. While we may laud individuality, we crave conformity. There’s comfort in conformity. It’s easy. If … [Read more...]
5 Financial Mistakes You Need to Stop Making in the Name of Love
Adults are messy enough when it comes to love, sex and relationships. But for real rachetness, add money to the mix. Too many people pay dearly both emotionally and financially because they insist on treating love as a form of currency, like the yen or Euro, with an exchange rate convertible to U.S. dollars. For examples of the relationship disasters that result, just look at … [Read more...]
Money Monday: 11 Money Lies Poor Folk Tell Themselves
Sometimes being broke is a matter of circumstance. We lose a job, suffer a major medical crisis, or weather through an agonizing divorce. But sometimes being broke is simply a matter of making poor choices. People find themselves penniless because they've become proficient in speaking the language of poverty. They internalize wealth destroying beliefs and recite devastating … [Read more...]