Over at the Acorns blog, Jackie Lamb has a nice piece contrasting wealth-builders with survivors. The key difference being mindset. Notice I wrote “mindset” and not “personality type”. That’s because if you’re merely surviving, making the change to become a wealth...
There’s no point in pretending we’re all built the same. If you and your partner (or your mum, or your best friend) take the cognitive profile quiz, chances are you will have different results. These results are based on the work of twentieth century psychiatrist Carl...
There are many things in life that we focus our attention on and put our best into; however when it comes to personal finances, many of us carry a narrow view of success. Basically we say to ourselves “if there is enough money in the bank to pay my bills and I can do...
Checklists can help for all large life goals. They help by providing milestones, and by breaking down that seemingly insurmountable goal into more manageable chunks. That’s not to say everyone’s checklist should have the same items (or the items in the same order)....
Basic personal finance comes from mastering three fundamental skills: Earning — your ability to bring in money through work Spending — your ability to spend wisely Saving— your ability to produce a surplus and earn interest or dividends on it Play to your strengths to...
