As you have probably guessed if you have read many of my blog posts, I love quotes. Love, love, love quotes. The right quote can hit you right between the eyes, pierce your heart, or stoke your internal fires. Here’s one that I love from The Best of Success: Overcoming the negative is the price
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One Small Thing = Big Impact
I want 2016 to be amazing and I know you do too. Part of what I am trying to do differently this year to make it so is to take a great book and really focus, week by week, on one thing from the book that I think will make a big difference and actually
Concentrate on What You Want and Watch it Unfold
We’ve all had the experience where someone mentions a book or movie to us and “all of the sudden,” we see that title everywhere. People are talking about it; we see ads for it or notice people reading it. It was actually there before we heard about it, but it was not in our field
2016 – The Year of …
What? What will this year be for you? It is a new year, filled with promise and anything is possible. Oh, the things that we can do with a whole year ahead of us! The goals we can achieve; the adventures we can have! Whether it is making new friends or finding new passions or
Are You The Money General?
I was working the gate at a sporting event this weekend and overheard an exchange between a husband, wife, and a friend of theirs. They were talking about the gate fee ($5) and the husband didn’t have any cash so turned to the wife for some money. “She only gives me 20 bucks a week,”
What Do You Think of When I Say “Thanksgiving”?
Did you say turkey? I bet a turkey or pumpkin pie or cooking was the first thought that popped into your head. Those pilgrims had no idea the fuss they were starting way back when they planned that first shindig! The advertising folks at Butterball and Sarah Lee have fully ingrained in us the need
Plan for Financial Success in 2016
Last week I talked about finishing strong. Take a moment to go back through the items listed in that post – you can read it here. Look through the list and assess yourself to see where you stand in meeting your 2015 goals. If you hit all of those – congrats! However, you may have
Finish Strong!
We are well into the final lap of 2015 so it’s a good time to see where you are on meeting your goals and make a last push this month to achieve some things, wrap up some things, and get some things done before 2015 fades away. Here is a quick checklist of things that
5 Bucks Matters
I didn’t start my career as a financial planner, so I bumbled and stumbled my way along my financial journey making LOTS of money mistakes. The worst one was a mindset of “it’s only 5 bucksy; it’s only 10 bucks; it’s only 3 bucks.” It only adds up and up and up, though, and that’s
Creating Better Money Stories Part II
A few weeks ago, I wrote about taking action to overcome fear, uncertainty, anxiety, or guilt around money and your financial situation. This week, I want to expand on that and give you a step-by-step guide to getting into action. Martha Beck, an author, speaker and life coach, talks about our aversion to tasks we perceive as