Spring is the perfect time to improve your financial health.Following is a list of learning opportunities for you to listen and learn about important finance and investing topics. From how to invest an inheritance to index funds and an invitation to a free “Wealth Warrior Summit” there’s an opportunity for everyone.First are several of my recent podcast appearances.Next, the free Wealth Warrior Summit is an opportunity to learn from various experts about how to build wealth.

Values and Money Impact Whether You’ll be Wealthy or Not “Values are the principles that guide you through every day, every task, and every encounter with another human being; even if you are unaware of what those values are.” By Richard Bolles in What Color is Your Parachute? In another lifetime, when I worked as a career counselor, Bolles work influenced me in many ways. His wisdom far surpasses the career field and invades every aspect of life. Values and money are inextricably intertwined…

Take These Steps Before You Buy a Home So you’re thinking of buying a home in Texas—congratulations! Between Texas mortgage payment calculators, reality agreements, and FICO scores, there is a host of information to process as you make your home ownership dreams a reality. Getting a mortgage in Texas is easy – if you follow these tips! Buying a house is an exciting and nerve-wracking time, but these 5 tips will take the mystery out of the Texas mortgage process. 1. Know Your Finances Before Y…

Get Wealthy-Beyond Money “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” Oprah Winfrey from Brainyquote.com Some may think this is a cheesy quote, but while I was growing up, whenever something bad happened, my mom and dad said, “Well, it could be worse”.

“Get over yourself. Stop thinking that there’s a magical secret formula for making tons of money overnight, and that you can discover it because you’re smarter than any other investor out there. In fact, his suggestions seem to say, when it comes to getting rich, slow and steady wins the race.”~from “Warren Buffett’s Advice: Forget Get-Rich-Quick. Here’s How to Get Rich Slowly,” in Inc.com by Minda Zetlin You’ll read a lot of questionable stuff online about how to get rich or how to become a …

The super rich are both similar and different than you and me. Of course they have more money, but the super rich also have problems. Find out what matters to the super rich, their worries and money strategies that you can implement to build your wealth.

Wealth Tips Aren’t Always About Money Do you regularly feel worried and stressed? Does depression visit more than you’d like to admit? Do you envy those around you and think they have more than you do? There’s a free solution to this modern day malaise.

I received a message in my inbox from Mitzi Perdue, author of How to Make Your Business Last, the widow of Frank Perdue and daughter of Ernest Henderson, co-founder of the Sheraton Hotel Chain. She wanted to share this story. Her tale is inspired by legendary hedge-fund Manager Roy Niederhoffer’s analysis of the opera Carmen and it’s lessons for investors. She synthesizes an analysis of Carmen, the opera written by George Bizet, and describes its behavioral economics and investing lessons. 

I’ve known Derek Sall since 2010, when we both started our online financial website empires. Derek’s story inspired me and I wanted to share it with you. His deliberate life decisions, successes and failures hold lesson’s for anyone who’s said, I don’t have time to take care of my family, start a side-hustle, work out or get rich.  Derek of Life and My Finances.com is a personal finance luminary and a regular guy with a passion for life and building wealth. Here is his story.