Tag: Financial intelligence
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The Gift of Being “Behind”
We are all behind in some way, which is a comfort when you feel you are struggling in isolation. Big personal, professional, and financial growth is not for the faint of heart, and there is no user’s manual toward meaningful success.
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The Magic of Financial Decisions Over Time
Magic with money, is just someone spending more time deciding how to best use their financial resources than anyone else might reasonably expect. Personal, professional, and financial success is not accidental, but the result of spending more time than others consider reasonable. How you manage your money is one of the principle ways of expressing…
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Invest Like a Woman
While the perception of women as hesitant in investing persists, longitudinal data indicates that if you had to pick who to emulate in investing, it would definitely be women.
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How We Grew our Investments Despite Rising Household Costs
You probably know you are supposed to invest 10-15% of your gross income annually over 30-40 years in order to secure a comfortable retirement. If you did not know that, now you do. Your gross income is the amount you are paid prior to taxes or any other deductions (annual salary or hourly wage). Over…
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The Hidden Cost Of Stuff
Our dishwasher recently gave up the ghost. It wasn’t a very good dishwasher. We initially purchased it to replace one in our rental, but my husband was able to fix that one. Our dishwasher at the time was several decades older than I was, and although ran better than most of its human contemporaries, had…
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Reasons You and Your Spouse Don’t Agree On Money: Part 3 – Creating Agreement in Real Life
This blog post is Part 3 of a 3 part series. You can find Part 1: Values and Part 2: Standards and Real Life here. One of the hardest parts of growing together as a team is creating habits that support your values and standards. Values drive your behaviors and lifestyle, and standards are how…