No matter where you go, the advice of those that already do to those that want to do is almost always, without fail, just do it. Want to be a writer? Forget the courses, workshops, and conferences. Just write. Want to be a photographer? Just go out and take some pictures. Want to be healthy [...]
You’ll hear me talk about it all the time. Well, you won’t likely hear me at all, but read me write about it just doesn’t sound right. If you want to succeed at your personal finance goals and your personal life goals, you need to continually work towards them. (Make some if you [...]
With the passage of the huge “stimulus” bill a couple weeks ago, one of the things that has been talked quite a bit about by both the media and the President is the reduction in the taxes that are taken out of our paychecks. Some $13 or so dollars on average will be left in [...]
If you’re smart, and you are since you’re reading Beating Broke, you’ve got an emergency fund. But just how much do you have in your emergency fund? And how much should you have in that fund?
Ramseyan thought: Start with a goal of $1000 and then after your bills are paid off, move it up to [...]
With all of the discussion about the price of gas that has been going on lately, and rightly so, it’s easy to blame your current financial troubles on the higher cost of gas. Don’t. While the higher cost may be hitting you hard, it isn’t the cause of your situation. But we all like scapegoats [...]
