Yoda was a smart little green dude, who nailed it when he said:
"Do, or do not, there is no try."
Everyday we try new things, we explore, and we work towards our goals. However, there isn't often a rush or sense of urgency. "I'll do it later" or "I have plenty of time" are familiar sentiments that I...
I like to take advice from old people. They've seen more, done more, and often have made the mistakes that I'd like to avoid in life. Older people are wiser (most of the time), they're often much more content, and they have qualities I lack. Patience and a greater sense of what this thing they call...
When you drive by your local car dealership you'll see bright numbers in the windshields of the cars, possibly with 0% financing offers, but what you won't see is the real cost of owning that car. The price tag for your car is just the beginning of a costly relationship you'll embark on when purchasing your car.
When you...
The 40 hour workweek. That's what we're all used to. The 9-5 standard, punch your clock, Monday through Friday and do what everyone else does. But how many of those hours do you really need to be working?
I work 40+ hours in a week, not because I have to, but because the majority of my money...
Life has many similarities to the game of chess. In the chess set of life there's strategy, proven methods, along with winners and losers. Those who figure out the rules of the game and learn strategy have a huge advantage. This can be demonstrated when placing a grand chess master against a newbie - the chess master will beat...
Back when I was just a young chap (which wasn’t too long ago, so don’t get any age-guessing ideas…), there was a guy who lived down the street from us who built dragsters in his driveway. Yes, real fire-breathing, asphalt-scorching, thousand-horsepower dragsters – the kind that rip through a racetrack in milliseconds and accelerate from 0 to warp speed...
When I see a fork in the road I make a decision, and when one of those forks leads to a dead end, my decision becomes quite simple. Today I made a decision to quit my job because I saw a fork in the road that had two options - a dead end or me taking my leave....
Today's personal finance blogger interview is with W of Well-Heeled. Well-Heeled Blog is a personal finance blog on savvy living which includes building a solid financial foundation for tomorrow while enjoying life today.
Read below to learn more about W's experiences as a blogger and her own financial journey.
Is well heeled your first blog? How did you originally...
Meet Santa - the largest toy distributor in the world, international man of mystery, and one of the most recognized celebrities of all time. This guy's a legend.
I haven't seen him on an episode of cribs or on the Fortune's list of billionaires, but the guy's gotta be worth a ton, right? Buried below the north pole...
This is an Other Side of the Fence article, in which I take the opposite viewpoint of a popular idea and/or debate a specific thought.
A while back Matt at Debt Free Adventure wrote a post about buying in bulk it was titled: Save Money by Buying Sale Items in Bulk. Now as I looked at the image of...
