Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well.
1. Samuel Johnson on habits
“The chains of habit are too weak to be fe...
I often meet up with a good friend of mine that I’ll call Dave.
You rarely see Dave without his trusty bottle of Powerade at his side. He seems to thrive on the stuff. He’s as thin as a rail and doesn’t seem to eat ...
Let’s look at a “typical” mortgage. Right now, the average American mortgage is $235,000, so let’s use that as our baseline. The Seattle Times reports that, right now, the average 30 year fixed mortgage rate is ...
Most of our desires last for only a moment or two. A person might spy a snack that looks good at the checkout and wants it, but if that person waits a few minutes, it’s forgotten. A person might see a coffee shop drive-thru on the ...
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Catch-22 with home loan 2. Haircut value 3. Quality o...
It’s a decision that people make over and over again in their lives. Are we playing this scenario to win? Or are we playing this scenario not to lose?
Let’s be clear what I’m talking about here.
Playing to win means t...
It’s the first truly nice day of spring here in central Iowa, so what do I do? I spend virtually the entire day outside, from not too long after dawn until sunset.
It felt wonderful – except for the sunburn. Even though I u...
Let’s get the scary truth out there: CNN estimates that half of all Americans are saving nothing for retirement.
Half of Americans aren’t saving a dime.
Why? There are a lot of reasons, but one big one, according to the st...
A few days ago, our youngest child celebrated his birthday with a small party. We invited a small number of his friends, had a simple cake and some pizza (which is what he requested), and hosted the entire thing at a local park. For en...
Where do you want to be a year from now?
Would you like to have some debts paid off? Maybe you dream of having finished an art project or a major home improvement project. Perhaps you dream of having a social circle to participate in. ...
