If you've been wondering why this blog has suddenly come to life, here's the reason: Smart Buyer, your humble blog owner here, has lost his job. So for now, his only source of income will be those google Adsense you see here :(Now that Smart Buyer is a jobless bum, he can finally give this blog the attention it deserves. Let me take this opportunity to salute the wisdom and vision of all those fac
If you think that in order to be financial successful, it has something to do with money, stocks, bonds, asset allocation and retirement plans, then it is not always right. Of course, these do matter in the long run, but let’s not confuse financial tools with the basic fundamentals. Everything lies on the preparation, planning, [...]
There’s an individual who comments on The Simple Dollar (and a few other personal finance blogs) who identifies him- or herself as “Minimum Wage.” This person is singularly focused on the issues of low wage earners, and while his/her comments can be frustrating, sometimes Minimum Wage is really effective at pointing out how some advice [...]
Many people have the view that finances and investing is some kind of mystical puzzle that once solved will instantly eliminate all their financial troubles. The code will be broken and the chest of gold will fly open (just watch any late night infomercial). In my opinion the notion of a financial quick fix is the most dangerous and damaging perspective that anyone can have. Having this view effectively removes individuals from their current financial problems. It rationalizes the belief that you don’t have to diligently and effectively manage your money because once you figure the secret out everything will be OK. In my opinion the real secret to financial success is the realization that there is no secret, and that for 99.99% of the population (myself included) there is no formula or
Many people have the view that finances and investing is some kind of mystical puzzle that once solved will instantly eliminate all their financial troubles. The code will be broken and the chest of gold will fly open (just watch any late night infomercial). In my opinion the notion of a financial quick fix is the most dangerous and damaging perspective that anyone can have. Having this view effectively removes individuals from their current financial problems. It rationalizes the belief that you don’t have to diligently and effectively manage your money because once you figure the secret out everything will be OK. In my opinion the real secret to financial success is the realization that there is no secret, and that for 99.99% of the population (myself included) there is no formula or
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It has been more than six month since this blog started and I think it’s time to know more about you. Why are you reading this blog, what do you want to find? We all struggle to achieve better financial situation, but there are different difficulties for every one. Now I want to know yours.
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Open source software (OSS) has been around since the inceptions of modern day computing. The ability of the Internet to bring together communities of developers to collaboratively work on software projects has helped the concept of OSS explode.
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It seems that every year, a product we thought was safe turns out to be deadly. Pop Rocks was found to cause kids’ heads to explode, asbestos (once used in cotton candy) was found to cause lung cancer, and lead paint, which I used to eat regularly as a baby, causes low IQ. [...]
If you want to avoid bankruptcy in your home or your company you must respect some principles which will help you on long term. These solutions won’t bring you more money to the house, but applying them you can enjoy a sort of financial stability.
Thus you have to know that financial ideals lead to financial success. So you can write your financial targets on a sheet of paper. You can write down what you want, when you want to get there and what you need to do in order to reach your target. If you have too many expenses you can make an investment plan. Actually the success key is to use less than you produce.
If you want to live an extremely luxury life you will never have anything important to save. If you want to save some money it is better to live under your existent budget and to invest the surplus.
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My financial success story began when I was young. I don’t have an exact date or age; all I remember was that I was fascinated with big numbers. This fascination with big numbers taught me something very important early in my life. I learned that if I didn’t spend all my money, the number attached to my savings would be bigger. And I liked that! To this day, spending less than I earn has been the biggest contributor to my financial success (so far anyway!).
Here is my financial story and how spending within my means helped me grow financially:
Learning to use money. My basic financial education began when I was young. My parents gave my brothers and I a small allowance for doing our chores and sometimes for good grades on our report cards. My allowance gave me choices on how to spend my money. I could buy things for myself, buy gifts, pay Boy Scouts dues, or save. Even though my allowance was small, I often found ways to do all of these. As I mentioned, I liked big numbe
One of peoples favorite issues to talk are success stories. They can talk about the neighbors son who received million dollars options, or the friend from school turned his old stupid idea to Ipo and now his shares are being traded on Nasdaq. What was the key factors to those success stories?, those people had the faith on their ability to win, self confidence and motivation helped them understanding how to persuade investors that this idea can turn to a big business, usually they had the assistance they needed from the close family, their time utilization was best, and they were on the right place in the right time.
Success's gates are opened for all us, the major difference concealed in the secrets each successful person hide.One of Israel richest businessperson took the chance he was offered and bought control shares out a family hands, used to rule the strongest businesses in Israel.He took those shares as a loan when he had nothing, the price was
One of people's favorite issues to chat about is success stories. They can talk about the neighbor's son, who received a million dollar offer, or about a friend from school who turned his old stupid idea to IPO and now his shares are being traded on Nasdaq. What are the key factors of these success stories? All of These people had the faith on their ability to win, self confidence and motivation which helped them to understand how to persuade investors that their idea can turn into a big moneymaking machine. Usually, these so called lucky bastards had the blessing of getting assistance from some family acquaintance, their time utilization was wise and they were in the right place at the right time. But Success gates are opened to all of us and the central major difference is in the secrets of those successful ones. For example, one of Israel's richest businessmen took a chance and accepted a proposal of buying some control shares from a family which once ruled the strongest busines
I was listening to Harv Ekers Secrets of a Millionaire Mind Audio Book on my iPod on the way home from work and it got me thinking (this self-help stuff does work!).
Harv (we’re on first name terms) was talking about how he’s always wanted to be wealthy from an early age, and in his twenties had started and failed at many businesses. Like Harv I have always been interested in wealth, money and being rich from an early age but unlike Harv I haven’t had many failed business attempts. To be honest I haven’t had many business attempts full stop.
In the past I have been conditioned for success, but what I know now is that success doesn’t come with out failures. Failure is not something I do well. Listening to the audio book I was thinking I need make a start on some business attempts. Recently I wrote 21 days to being an entrepreneur which has spawned some good ideas that I’m going to follow up on.
If you’re serious about wealth you have to start with what you
We hope that you had a very merry Christmas and that the following new article may be informative and/or helpful for your e-zine, or on your web site. This piece is a summary of my booklet THE ROAD TO FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, as well as incorporating thoughts and extracts from THE MAD MONEY BOOK. Craig Lock's other articles (internet marketing, self help, writing and money) are available at:
Reason One: Lack of knowledge: or more specifically, a lack of a desire to gain knowledge. Make the effort to read to read about financial matters and you will learn. make your money work for you by using the magic of compound interest a t 7% interest per year your money doubles after approximately 10 years and at 10 % interest after 7 years. Remember the rule of 72. Divide the interest into 72
Even in the "rich" developed nations of the world (most Western countries) 99 per cent of the population do not achieve financial success; because they lack the real commitment to achieve financial independence. I believe the reason for this is that most people are too busy earning a living to survive to really THINK about how to make "big money".
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