“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great power around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.” – Euripides I can still remember it to this day. I was in my tenth grade English class…
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh I have been thinking of writing this post for a long time. Since my very first post, this topic was front of mind. But I put it off. Again and again. Finding other topics to fill the pages. The…
Not sure what you were thinking I meant by the “c”-word, but I am of course referring to being…. “cheap”. Now before you answer that question, let’s be clear what we are talking about here. When I talk about being cheap, I am talking about being thrifty, or cost conscience. I am not talking about…
“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina Fake (founder of Flickr and Hunch) In case I have not been abundantly clear in my posts so far, getting rich is as much about expense control as it is about…
"If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die." - Warren Buffet I’ve talked a lot about being a millionaire. And achieving that threshold is great, if you are able get there. But in many ways it is a pretty arbitrary number. For some, having a…
“The highest reward for your work is not what you get, but who you become.” – Alexander Green Do you mow your own lawn? You can tell a lot about a person by how they answer that question. The answer often provides a good clue about the size of their bank account and their attitudes…
“Two roads diverge in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost The Lemming Syndrome We are all in a race. We may not know it. But we are all contestants. A few of us have figured it out. And for…
“Compound Interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t…. pays it.” – Albert Eistein I met a good friend for lunch the other day. We get together every so often to shoot the breeze and catch up on life. As usual, my buddy was complaining about…
Those who don't manage their money will always work for those who do - Dave Ramsey Hi, my name is Joe. I am a millionaire. More precisely, I am a multi-millionaire. And although I didn’t accumulate my wealth overnight, I did do it relatively quickly. I accumulated my first million before I was age 35. And…