Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Match Your Spending with Your Values. There is a lot of talk these days about aligning your investments with your values. But what about your spending? We are hard wired, it seems, to pay little to no attention to our spending. Perhaps […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Create an Emergency Fund. You’ve probably heard this one before, but let’s bring some reality to the topic of creating an emergency fund. An emergency fund is simply a pile of cash that we keep safe and available in case we need […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Focus on Cash Flow Over Your Entire Life. If your goal is to do everything you want in life and die with at least a dollar in your bank account, or whatever amount you want to leave to your kids, then there […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Work Your Finances Consistently, Even If Gradually. Just like exercise, a little bit of financial health is much better than none. Finances can be overwhelming when we try to think of all areas at once. We know it is important to have […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Never Take Advice that Drives Compensation for the Advisor (Without Knowing It). Would you ever go to a Toyota dealer and ask a salesman whether you should buy a Toyota, a Ford or a Mercedes? Of course not. The Toyota salesman is […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Get to Clarity, Control & Intention. What is Financial Planning? I like to think about it in a very simple way. You need to have clarity in your finances before you can have control. Once you have control, you can be very […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Optimize Your Finances For YOU, Not Your Neighbors. It’s very easy to get caught up in what our neighbors and friends are doing and buying. By all means, be happy for them, but realize there’s a reason you didn’t buy that thing […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Understand Your Plan Will Not Come True. Think back to your time in school. Where did you think your life was headed? Has that come true? Now think back just five years and again, where did you think your life was headed? […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Change Your Financial Plan. It might seem strange that I would suggest this given I don’t even know what your Financial Plan is, or even if you have one. But hear me out. Financial Planning is all about Planning and Never about […]
Prefer to listen rather than read? Pair this post with Deliberate Money Moves Podcast: Know the Price Tag of Your Lifestyle. If one of your goals is to maintain or increase your lifestyle, doesn’t it seem logical that you should know how much your lifestyle costs? This is not something any of us enjoys talking about […]