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Many Popular Financial Advisors Don’t Have Kids

February 4, 2010

I am curious if life is made up of Either / Or choices or if it is truly possible to have life full of ANDs. I’d like to believe it is possible to keep adding ANDs to your life, yet I know that at some point your plate gets full and you have to take things off.

So, what do I mean by and AND life versus and OR life?

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Having a Clear Life Vision

January 29, 2010

A recurring theme that I have heard and read from ALMOST ALL of the books on wealth and prosperity involve one consistent thought: Documenting and staying focused on your vision. This is taught in many ways. Some people prefer to clip pictures together from magazines, etc to have a visual representation of their future desires. [...]

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Confidence, Purpose and Marketing: Ingredients for Success

January 28, 2010

I had the privilege of listening to a thoughtful free webinar by “conscious” entrepreneur Max Simon in which he interviewed Vishen Lakhiani on the concepts of creating a wealthy mind. He also spoke about how to turn a business from performing so-so to really reaching a ‘turning point’.

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Best Online Goal Tracking Tools for 2010

January 24, 2010

There are many online tools available for keeping track of and measuring progress on your goals. Many corporations have started to incorporate goal systems (Success Factors is one example) and S.M.A.R.T. goals. Not all goal systems utilize this method, however, it is widely accepted as an excellent way to achieve results with your goals. The following is a look at how to measure your personal goals and a review of some of the best online tools for measuring your goals.

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Review of GratitudeLog – “The Happiest Place on the Internet”

January 19, 2010

GratitudeLog.com is a fun social site that takes the basic concept of short updates from sites such as Twitter, and applies it to a specific concept, Gratitude.

You are able to mark someone’s comment as “Awesome!” or reply to it. You can follow people and they can follow you. Beyond that, you can send people “Appreciation” gifts (for free), which are simply little icons with a thoughtful note (like you can send on Facebook).

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Lesser Known But Great Personal Finance Blogs of 2010

January 18, 2010

I’m new-ish to the personal finance/weathly mind blogging and as much as I like some of the hugely known PF blogs I enjoy reading from perspectives of ‘smaller’ PF bloggers because they aren’t necessarily experts, but instead on a similar journey to mine. I thought I would share some of the interesting personal finance blogs [...]

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Move Your Money Local Banking & Choosing to Spend Local

January 16, 2010

I’ve noticed a lot of blog posts and a growing movement on Twitter and the blogosphere about the topic: “move your money.” (See the site: MoveYourMoney.info). Full disclosure: I work for a local credit union in my area, and I prefer the credit union not-for-profit business model. I typically try to avoid any direct reference to where I work because that’s not what my journey is about, its about my personal finances. However, I wanted to take a moment to aknowledge the concept of “going local” with anything you buy, including where you choose to bank. To me, going local is an important part of making conscious decisions and choosing where and how to spend your money. Choosing to shop local has many benefits which I will explain in a moment.

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Review of YNAB 3.0 You Need a Budget Software for PC or Mac

January 13, 2010

Just when I thought I had it all figured out by using online tools like Mint, I repeatedly saw mention of one of the top rated budgeting software for download on your PC or Mac, YNAB 3.0 (You Need a Budget). YNAB is a budgeting software that incorporates the envelop method of budgeting by XXXX. This may just be the next step for me in advancing my money management and control of our finances. The tools that I am currently using are time friendly, easy to import my financial information and great for big picture trending, but we still haven’t really done well at isolating how to break some of our patterns and stick to our budgeting goals.

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Does Opportunity Come to You or Do You Have to Create It?

January 12, 2010

In the past, I’ve often felt jealous or a bit resentful when I look at certain other people that seem to have everything in life fall into thier lap. I always thought that beauty, jobs, boyfriends, and the works seem to just naturally happen for some people more than others.

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