Wealth Blog Post

Focus on these 3 Things to Retire Happy I think I can help you retire happy and do the things you want.    Remember that television show, Golden Girls? It was about four women who lived together in a house in Miami. Is that how you envision your golden years? [...]

Debt Free Living: How to Make it Happen I’m glad you’re interested in debt free living, but it will require more than just interest. It will require commitment and sacrifice as well.    Once it happened that a mother brought her young son to see the Dalai Lama. She waited [...]

How Do I Get Ahead Financially? Follow These Six Steps Have you been asking yourself, "How do I get ahead financially?"   How do you think about your finances?  Do you think about them more like a sprint, or a marathon? I don’t think there’s a right or wrong answer.  [...]

Tired of Being Broke? Do These Three Things I was tired of being broke, living paycheck-to-paycheck, and drowning in credit card debt. It felt like I was trapped in a recurring nightmare where there was never enough money to go around. And I was right.    Sadly, almost two-thirds of [...]

How To Do Better Financially As someone who is trying to get 1% better every day, I’m always working to do better in every area of my life. How do you think about self-improvement?   An area where I think there's a lot of opportunity to improve is personal finance. [...]

How to Think Through Your Retirement Lifestyle What do you think about retirement?    Are you excited? Are you prepared? Will you ever retire? Will you always keep working? What will your retirement lifestyle look like?    Here’s one thing I know for sure: the only way to live how [...]

How to Be More Thoughtful with Your Money A wake is what’s left behind. Boats leave a wake in the water. People leave emotional wakes behind them. The choices we make with our money also leaves a wake.    Think about it like this: You’re going out for dinner tonight [...]

How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck Living paycheck to paycheck sucks.    I know, because I lived it. For much of my 20s, I did a terrible job managing my finances (even though I was working in personal finance), and living paycheck to paycheck was one byproduct.    Because [...]

6 Tips for Solving the Money Problem We are struggling with money.   Almost two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck. Half have less than $500 in savings. The average credit card debt is over $6,000.    I share that because if you’ve got money problems, you’re in good company.    [...]