This blog’s focus on money is not always good for my mental health. I realized that the other night when I had to sit down and write a monthly devotional study resource for our church, based on the readings and sermon for the week. I sat and considered abundance, and giving, and realized that I’ve [...]
Entries from November 25th, 2008
Abundance That Has Nothing to Do with Cash
November 25th, 2008 4 Comments
Tags: A. J. Jacobs · Oprah · thankfulness · Thanksgiving · tithe
Travel Goods Giveaway at Trusty Pony
November 19th, 2008 No Comments
For those of you who love to travel, here’s a quick pointer to a friend’s super nifty site, Trusty Pony. She’s doing an eight-day giveaway of fun stuff like travel games, pillows, etc. Enjoy!
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Tips for Deactivating Your Spending Triggers
November 18th, 2008 1 Comment
Knowing your weaknesses — what makes you pull out your wallet — is one key to spending less.
By necessity, I’ve deactivated many of my “fun” spending triggers:
The library has replaced book stores.
A $10 monthly subscription to E-music has replaced CDs.
Good old Walgreens has replaced the spendy gift store for greeting cards (sorry peeps who love [...]
Tags: anxiety · stock-pile syndrome · time savings
Holiday Shopping Sites from CFO Blog
November 17th, 2008 1 Comment
The Carnival of Personal Finance #179 linked to one of my posts from last week. I thought I’d return the favor this week by pointing to this holiday shopping tips post, one of the carnival’s top links, from the Chief Family Officer blog. She’s got some advice about shopping certain online sites that is new [...]
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Waiting for the Mailman
November 13th, 2008 1 Comment
I am Olivia the Pig, in Olivia and the Missing Toy.
Waiting for her mother to finish sewing a new soccer jersey, Olivia “waited, and waited, and waited … until she was too exhausted to wait any longer.” (Olivia, on floor, hands splayed in “exhausted” pose.)
Is he here yet? Is he here yet? How about now? [...]
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Do You Want What it Takes to be a Millionaire Today: Sharp Elbows
November 12th, 2008 1 Comment
Famous !@&#-laden “Closers” speech from Glengarry Glen Ross. Definitely skip in mixed company.
Apparently those of us in the middle class are better losers than middle-class millionaires.
In what authors Russ Alan Prince and Lewis Schiff called the “dark side” of their surveys for The Middle-Class Millionaire, they found those with the higher net worths were more [...]
Tags: John McCain · losing · Machiavellian · winning
Do You Want What It Takes to Be a Millionaire Today: Learning From Failure
November 10th, 2008 2 Comments
I’m sure you’ve heard that those who get what they want don’t give up.
But do you change what you want if you hit a wall?
Middle-class millionaires don’t, according to the book by the same name by Russ Alan Prince and Lewis Schiff. In fact, they have a steel-plated constitution for failure, reporting major career [...]
Do You Want What it Takes to be a Millionaire Today: Investing in Yourself
November 7th, 2008 1 Comment
Do you believe you can become a millionaire if you just work hard enough at it?
Ninety-two percent of the great unwashed say yes, according to Middle-Class Millionaire authors Russ Alan Prince and Lews Schiff.
Well and good, except then we leave it at that.
Actual middle-class millionaires don’t believe they can do this alone. In order to [...]
Do You Want What it Takes to Be a Millionaire Today: Seeing Opportunity
November 5th, 2008 No Comments
This may be hard to hear.
Middle-class millionaires (according to the book of the same title) do not agree that if you do what you love, the money will follow. More than 73 percent chose a career because of its prospective financial rewards.
But that doesn’t mean they’re walking around hating life. They just put the goal [...]
Tags: match skills to opportunity · The Middle-Class Millionaire · think big
Why I’m Voting for Barack Obama
November 4th, 2008 1 Comment
Since I’m already breaking one cultural taboo in talking about money, I thought I’d go for all three today.
One of the reasons I started this blog was to work out my own fraught relationship with money. I was raised to believe what Jesus said:
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of [...]
Tags: eye of a needle · guilt · Jesus · Marianne Williamson · think big
