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Taking Control of Your Money
How to stop your money from controlling you. Do you ever feel like your money controls you instead of the other way around? It’s a pretty frustrating experience when there’s too much month left at the end of the money. … Continue reading
Posted in Beating Debt, Budgets & Spending Plans, Personal finance
Tagged budget, planning, taking control
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041 Financial Excellence: Four Elements of a Successful Budget
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Episode 41: Elements of a Successful Budget, Business Budgeting, Credit Card Rewards. Jan 5, 2011. In this episode we talk about the four elements every budget needs for you to be successful and stick to the spending plan. Show notes: … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, business, credit card rewards
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How budgeting and saving can lead to credit card debt elimination
One of the biggest challenges posed to every Americans in the year 2010 is when they decide to build wealth in order to tackle their rising mountain of credit card debt. As the credit card balances have raised to $10,000 … Continue reading
Can Financial Coaching Help You?
Can a Financial Coach Help Original article written October 1, 2009 · 0 comments Can using a financial coach help get your finances on the right track? Bobby Knight (AP Photo/Tom Russo) It did for me. I’ve always been one … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, debt free., financial coaching
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Christmas is in December this year – Are You Ready?
Yep, you guessed it. Christmas is in December this year. If you’re like a lot of people in America, you’re just now realizing this and you’re officially in panic mode. Time to reach for the credit cards to cover your … Continue reading
036 Financial Excellence: What to Do When You Overspend Your Budget
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Episode 36: What to Do When You Overspend Your Budget & How to Save at Restaurants. Dec 1, 2010. As the hosts of the show it may seem like we never mess up on our budget, but we’re human too. … Continue reading
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Tagged blow the budget, budget, emergency savings, overspend, spending plan
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What a Trillion Dollars (Our National Deficit) Could Buy
I found a great article on Kiplinger’s highlighting the opportunity cost of America’s trillion dollar deficit. Some numbers worth mentioning: a trillion dollars could buy 5.6 million homes. Or it could employ all 2.8 million residents of Kansas (including children) … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Government, Saving Money
Tagged bailout, budget, Congress, deficit, national debt, spending, trillion dollars
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Paying Yourself First: How to Make it Work Part 2
In part one of this two part article I talked about the theoretical part of paying yourself first. Planning our the month’s income and expenses to spend every dollar on paper before the month begins, making sure you allocate the … Continue reading
Paying Yourself First: How to Make it Work Part 1
There are hundreds, if not thousands of financial gurus out there, all spewing the same advice: live on less than you make, pay down debt, avoid credit, invest early and often, etc. It begins to sound like a broken record … Continue reading
Money Saving Tips for Living In Financial Excellence
This week’s money saving tip: Use cash envelopes to keep from overspending your budget. Find more money saving tips at financialexcellence.net.
Posted in Personal finance, Saving Money
Tagged budget, cash, envelopes, overspending
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