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Master Your Money
I’ll admit that my last post was a bit of a downer. I shared my thoughts on what it looks and feels like to be mastered by money. In this post I want to share what it looks and feels like to learn to master money. I promise that it’s much more exciting! I like…
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Mastered by Money
What does it look like to be mastered by money? I think we all know what it feels like. We’ve all had times when we felt like our money (or lack of it) was calling the shots. When I think about what it looks and feels like to be mastered by money, I think about…
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Gratitude and Contentment
I consider gratitude and contentment super powers. In a way they are such simple things. We teach kids from an early age to say thank you, and we encourage them to play with and enjoy the toys that they have rather than always wanting more. Gratitude and contentment are practices. They require intentionality. They require…
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Pursuing Financial Independence
For most of our lives we are financially dependent. During our childhood we are dependent on our parents, and once we’re on our own we’re then dependent on our job. But our hope is that one day we can retire from that job because we have enough money saved, and the distributions from that savings…
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Know Your Numbers
There are two exercises that I encourage anyone to do who desires to begin mastering their money. The first is to track your spending for a month. This should lead to you becoming more pro-active in spending your money on the things that matter most. Here is a worksheet you can download. There are also…
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Spend Money on What Makes You Happy
A few weeks ago I listened to the Ramit Sethi podcast episode where he interviews Carl & Mindy Jensen. Mindy is the host of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, and Carl writes at 1500 Days to Freedom. Before sharing my thoughts on this podcast episode, I should say that one of the things I’ve always appreciated…
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Money – Stop Playing the Game
I first became familiar with Derek Sivers in 2015 after hearing him on the Tim Ferris podcast. Shortly after I read his first book, Anything You Want, which was recently re-released with additional chapters. Today I listened to his latest interview on Tim’s podcast. It’s a great episode, and clocks in at a strong three…
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Why do we begin with vision?
In my Mastering Money Workshop we discuss spending, investing and earning money, but before we get to those great topics, we begin with vision. Why is that? Because I’ve learned that everything flows from vision. Everyday each one of us makes financial decisions. They may be small or they may be large. But whether we…
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Why this website?
For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by money. I remember a time growing up when I was aware of the fact that we didn’t have much money. And I remember times when I was aware that we were very comfortable. I don’t believe there was a time in my life where…