When it starts getting warm again, don’t just spend all of your time cleaning out the garage. It’s also a great time to spring clean your finances.
Here are the steps:
(1) Get Organized
(2) Tidy Up a Few Things
(3) Spring Forward with Your Goals
Check out this video for detailed tips for all three steps.
What are your best financial spring cleaning tips?
I came across a pretty disturbing study that uncovered the fact that the richest 85 people in the world own as much wealth as the bottom 50% of the world population. Thats’s right, 85 people own as much as $3.5 billion people!
People hate to talk about wealth inequality for fear of being accused of hating capitalism. I, on the other hand, feel as though it must be discussed because I believe such a great disparity threatens our future security.
After all, when people are hungry, their politeness goes out of the window.
I do believe that people that want to build wealth can do so if they understand how to play the game. Here is my simple framework on how to start building wealth in 2014 in the form of my “4 Ps.”
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Are you a talented, experienced professional with many life lessons learned that could be of benefit to others? If you read my blog, my assumption is that you are.
As such, I’d like to make a strong suggestion that you should be a mentor. Especially if you are in the Pittsburgh area.
There are a number of African American male students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools that could use advice from someone life you!
Not quite convinced? Check out this week’s special Money #MentorMonday video for the top 3 reasons that you should become a mentor.
When I talk with clients about financial mistakes they’ve made in their lives, I hear one statement over and over again:
[quote style="boxed"]If only I knew then what I know now”[/quote]
Here’s your opportunity to make sure that other young people don’t have to utter that statement.
Have you watched TV lately? Our young men need to see more people like you in the flesh, because according to the media, you don’t exist.
When I was very young, my parents and my teachers made me feel like I was smart. I’m not sure if they were lying to me or not, but I believed it. They gave me confidence and a sense that great things were expected of me. Those feelings drive me to this day.
Spend some time mentoring a few young men and you can inspire them to do things they’ve never dreamed of.
If you’ve ready to share your knowledge, expertise and encouragement with young African American males with great potential, please take a look at the Pittsburgh Public Schools’ We Promise Program, and initiative designed to ensure that these young men become eligible for the Pittsburgh Promise.
Eligibility for the Pittsburgh Promise means that these young men can obtain up to $40,000 to fund their college education. As you can see, there’s a lot at stake.
Head over to the We Promise Program fort more information on how you can get involved.
It will be beneficial for you, and priceless for the young men.
There were a number of significant events that impacted our wallets in 2013. Here are some of the lessons that we take with us into the new year.
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Check out the links below to find more information on my favorite things of 2013:
MAKING MORE MONEY
The stock market has done well this year!
SAVING MONEY
SPENDING WISELY
Freddy Kreuger. Public speaking. There are a lot of things we can be afraid of, but money isn’t one of them.
Are you currently dealing with any of these fears?
1. Losing your job
2. Running out of money
3. Something happening to you
4. Caring for your parents
5. Failure
Watch this week’s episode of #MoneyMonday to find out how to face and ultimately overcome these fears.
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It sure would be nice if there was a “fairy job mother” who would come down and leave significant salary increases for us each year. Sadly, no such thing exists.
If you want to make more money at your job (don’t all employees?) then you are going to need a plan.
Check out this episode of #MoneyMonday and you’ll come away with the process and tools necessary to significantly increase your salary at your next review.
Sure, you want to get a great tan this summer, but I’m sure you’d like your bank account to look better too!
Here are my suggested items you should read if you’re interested in spending your summer getting Healthy, Wealthy & Wise.
Eat This, Not That – David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding
Your health might not be the first thing you think about when you decide to improve your finances, but trust me,you should. 60% of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. can be attributed to health problems i.e. huge medical bills or job loss due to illness.
The journey towards a healthier lifestyle starts in the kitchen. Eat This, Not That, will help you swap unhealthy foods for more nourishing ones that will still satisfy your cravings.
You can’t cut everything out of your diet, but you can make better choices.
Much of the book Lean In is about channeling your ambition and leveraging your network and other tools to get to the place that you want to be in life. That certainly isn’t gender specific advice.
Plus, since it’s been confirmed that women are now the primary breadwinner in 40% of American households, men would do well to read this book in order to be good, supportive partner to their wives. This book helps put women’s unique challenges into focus, and offers ample advice on how to forge past them.
The 5 Love Languages – Gary D. Chapman
We’ve already talked about the #1 cause of bankruptcy…health issues. Do you know what #4 is? Divorce.
Yes, 50% of marriages end in divorce, and there is an ample amount of attorneys waiting to siphon off your marital assets while you two argue over who gets to keep fluffy. Divorce can wreak havoc on a financial plan.
Enter The 5 Love Languages. If you’ve been having trouble communicating with your mate, this book might be a godsend. Not everyone expresses their affection in the same way, and this book will help you translate the love language your mate speaks.
Because it’s much better to get on the same page voluntarily, than be forced to get on the same page…as in your signatures on the divorce papers.
Daniel Day Lewis may have won an Oscar for his role as Lincoln, but around here, we’re more concerned with the Benjamins, as in Franklin and the $100 bills with his face on them.
Here is my annual installment of the Benji awards. All of the stocks you wish you would have bought last year.
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You’ll get a free pass on Valentine’s Day, but if you want to stay happy for the rest of the year, you’re going to have to be able to talk about money.
Here’s how to handle the three way relationship between you, your money, and your mate.
