Financial Discipline

Why Financial Doing is More Important Than Financial Planning

Why Financial Doing is More Important Than Financial Planning Please, do not misunderstand me. Financial planning IS important. However, at least initially for certain individuals, at their current station in life, financial doing is more important than financial planning. We will discuss financial planning later, for now, let us address the financial doing. Also, do… Continue Reading: Why Financial Doing is More Important Than Financial Planning

Don’t Look Now, But Someone Just Told Me “I ‘m Debt-Free!”

Don’t look now but, but someone told me I am Debt-Free. No, not me! Heavens no! Because I have a few helpers. The kind that help you spend your money. Some folks call them ‘children.’ This is a story of a colleague of mine whose goal was to be debt free by age 55. He… Continue Reading: Don’t Look Now, But Someone Just Told Me “I ‘m Debt-Free!”

3 Easy Ways to Live Beneath Your Means

I’m sure you’ve heard this many times in the past. Here it is again. Here are several different ways of essentially saying the same thing: “Live Beneath Your Means” “Pay Yourself First” “Spend Less Than You Make” You get the point. As you already know, easier said…. than done! To live beneath your means may… Continue Reading: 3 Easy Ways to Live Beneath Your Means

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