In the new Your Money or Your Life based teleclass, Discover Your Enough Point we’ll ask, “How much is enough of anything? How do we know we are there? What happens after you recognize you have enough?” This may seem like a mere personal lifestyle …
Jeesh. You’d think we’d know by now. There’s a Your Money or Your Life answer that returns to us the power we’ve vested in money as the gatekeeper for all value in our lives. To wit: Money is Life Energy. It’s the time we invest …
Two weeks ago on my island we launched a new money called the Terra. It’s an online and face to face trading system and the Terra is the unit of trade. Think of it like ebay or Craigslist with a different means of exchange. But …
Bankrate.com just published 6 financial experts’ confessions of their worst financial mistakes. Dave Ramsey, Jean Chatsky, Ramit Sethi, Brian Preston, Jonathan Clements… and me. The difference is that they all talked about money and I
My new favorite questions are: How much is enough … of anything? How do you know you have enough? Once you know you have enough, what happens next? I’ll be doing tele-classes on the topic, giving lectures and workshops and blogging, blogging, blogging. Why? Because …
The U.S. economy grew at an unprecedented pace over the past several decades until the recession hit last year. Many Americans made significant shifts in their lifestyles to accommodate the downturn and are waiting now for the economy to rally again. Yet the U.S. economy …
When I first started to haggle years ago, I only did it at independently owned stores. One of my favorite stories included how I secured drastically reduced prices at hotels during a six-week trip out West after college. My technique? I would always show up around 9pm …
When my parents took me down to the bank to open my first account, I was also given my first lecture on the “magic of compound interest.” Back then the interest on my little account was probably 3.5%. I was told that if I kept …
On my walk home tonight, a homeless man asked me for a handout. I asked if he was hungry and he said yes. But when I told him that I had homemade food at home that I’d be glad to bring to him, he politely declined. …
I just got back from a trip to my local grocery store where I saved 74% off my total bill. This is a new personal high for me and one that I thoroughly savored. Some people might be quick to dismiss such financial acrobatics but …