“A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.” William Feather
Many of us get scared by the word budget, because we think it’s all about deprivation. As Feather implies, there is a degree of discipline involved in budgeting, but that’s only a small part of it.
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This may not be the perfect article. But if you learned these 3 things, then it was probably good enough:
1. Compete with your colleagues to improve and reach your potential.
2. Get started now, to reach your goals, and avoid procrastination.
3. No matter how old you are, INVEST for the future to grow your financial resources.
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Categories: goals, values, personal finance “Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.” Walt Whitman Wow, I’m not even sure how to interpret that quote. Walt Whitman would fit in very well with the “simplicity-frugal movement” of today. Whitman’s Walden Pond inspired me to remember to appreciate the simplest pleasures in…
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Categories: personal finance, values, saving, goal setting “Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.” Benjamin Franklin One of the great challenges today is balancing your present needs and wants with those of the future. It requires quite a bit of introspection. While almost every Ben Franklin quote…
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Theodore Roosevelt said, “When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.”
This is not a new thought… the idea of focusing on work while working and play while playing. The reason that some form of this quote is so popular is because IT IS TRUE. In spite of its veracity, how many of us really free ourselves from thoughts of work, while we are playing? Try it and see what happens to your productivity!
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