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For those of us who like to read (and write) information on personal finance subjects, we spend energy on a wide range of wealth building strategies. Too often we ignore the concept of making money because we feel it’s something outside our control. After all, our employer pays us, we don’t pay ourselves, right? The reality is that your income is your greatest wealth building asset.
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Keeping & Growing Income
The first thing to focus on is keeping and growing your income. Obviously, this is a concern for many people today considering the high unemployment…
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So how are you getting on with your New Year’s resolutions? Yes that’s right, all those promises that you made to yourself back in January about doing more exercise, eating healthier food and cutting back on spending. We are now more than half-way through the year and for many, those good intentions are long forgotten and mentally-shelved, only likely to be temporarily dragged back to the front of the mind next January, which is a shame because resolutions can be a powerful way of changing our lives for the better.
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The Power of Setting…
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This is the seventh entry in a fourteen part series discussing the time management classic Getting Things Done by David Allen. New entries in this series will appear on Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings through July 16.
So far, we’ve talked about two of the five major steps for getting things done: collecting all of the stuff you need to do and processing that stuff down. Today, the focus is on organizing – or where the stuff goes when you’re processing it.
Allen suggests that there are seven specific destinations for stuff when we’re processing it. Although this looks complicated,…
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This is the second entry in a fourteen part series discussing the time management classic Getting Things Done by David Allen. New entries in this series will appear on Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings through July 16.
Last time, we talked about why an effective time management system is useful and also the basic ideas behind what a successful one would be. Namely, a good time management system allows you to get the things that occupy your thoughts out of your head and into a trusted system, which frees your mind to focus on the task at hand, making you…
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No matter how much money you make, for many people, it's never quite enough. In order to get ahead, you'll need to find a way to keep your finances growing. There are many different ways that you can grow your income, both actively and passively, and over time, these small streams can converge into a river that will help you stay solvent and perhaps even well heeled, long into the future. Let's look at just a few ways to keep your finances growing.
1. Focusing on your job.
If you are due for a raise, don't be shy about…
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By Lynn Truong
Last week on Patt Morrison I heard Chris Farrell talking about "The New Frugality" and the trend towards a sustainable lifestyle. (I actually called in and mentioned Wise Bread -- you can hear me on the segment.) I was stoked that he was familiar with Wise Bread (really, we're on his blog roll!). After the show, I read his new book, The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better, and reached out to Chris about doing an interview.
I felt this topic was extremely relevant for us at Wise Bread. When we started…
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Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book.
The Little Book of Safe Money by Jason Zweig is the ninth book in the “Little Books…” series, which each tackle a particular investing topic or strategy. To date, I’ve reviewed all of the previous books in the series, so here are links to my reviews of the previous eight entries.
The Little Book That Makes You Rich
The Little Book That Beats The Market
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
The Little Book That Builds Wealth
The Little Book That Saves Your Assets
The Little Book of…
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Most of us would like the chance to spend more time with our families, work a lot less and still bring in a sizeable income. If you’re only going to rely on your current income, the chances of that happening are pretty small, unless you’ve got an incredible job. However, there are ways that you can achieve this dream and they’re a lot easier than you might think. You’re about to learn how to work smarter and less and still make more money than you are right now.
The key to working less is having more than one stream…
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