I typically do a good job of balancing my work with my personal life. However, there are times in my life when I’ve chosen to give a little more to one or the other. Typically, these coincide with opportunities that, if I strictly balanced work and life, I wouldn’t be able to pursue. While the […]
Many of us are so happy to get offered a job that we don’t consider properly negotiating the salary and benefits. If this is you, you are leaving money on the table. It is perfectly acceptable to negotiate a salary and benefits once you have received an offer. For you folks new to the job
This may seem like a simple concept. It seems obvious that big thinking combined with great effort can equal epic success. However, you’d be surprised by how many people lose sight of this objective truth, especially when they are comfortable with their current lifestyle. This is actually something I struggle with myself. I make a
I’m an avid audiobook listener on my commute to work and just recently finished “The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure”. I found some really good nuggets of wisdom from the book that I wanted to pass along. Please see the list of 9 essential takeaways below for my key insights: You
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Let’s face it, for most people budgeting isn’t very exciting. However, it’s not as bad as many of the myths surrounding it and is necessary if you want to gain control over your finances.
Budgeting should be completed by everyone, regardless of your situation, if you want to achieve your financial goals.
Keep reading to learn 9 budgeting myths to ignore to get ahead in your personal finances.
Whether you’d like to admit or not, we’re all consumers. We purchase food and water to sustain us, shelter to protect us, and transportation to get us around.
When we pay for goods and services that are both needed and improve our lives, this is an example of consumerism at its best.
However, when people purchase goods or services that don’t improve their lives, they are practicing excessive consumerism.
Excessive consumerism contributes to, “the destruction of traditional values and ways of life, exploitation of consumers by big business, environmental degradation, and negative psychological effects.”
If you’re interested in escaping excessive consumerism, consider these 9 benefits of eliminating excessive consumerism from your life.
