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From The Mastermind Within …
Personal finance is not about what your friends are doing with their money. It’s not about what your siblings are doing with their money. It’s not what I or some other blogger is doing with their money.
In this post, I will be discussing a mindset which you can apply to most things in life, but in particular, apply it to personal finance for your own financial journey.”
Keep reading … THINK CRITICALLY. PERSONAL FINANCE IS PERSONAL. DO WHAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU.
LIGHT A FIRE UNDER YOUR RETIREMENT! 
From Studenomics … Are you tired of reading ridiculous financial success stories that make you feel guilty? I want you to ignore them and focus on this instead. Why You Need to Stop Paying Attention to Ridiculous Success Stories | Studenomics Related
From The Money Vikings … “I love the movie “The Princess Bride.” A big theme of the movie is LIFE IS NOT FAIR! But, through perseverance and determination things can work out just fine. Not trying to be bleak, but to build wealth and live with a sense of True Wealth we must accept the facts […]
From Million Dollar Journey … The other day and came across an article titled “The New Rules of Personal Finance”. My first thought was that, could there be “new” rules to personal finance? Are there any hard and fast “rules” to begin with? Maybe a better word instead of “rule” is “assumption”. Here are some […]
From Matt at Optimize Your Life … “In the personal finance space, we tend to treat the concept of financial independence as a more advanced money topic. We view it as something to move on to after you’ve mastered the basics. I don’t think this is the right approach. I think we need to teach financial […]
I’m convinced that hard work pays off. At least it can pay off if you’re smart about it. I learned this lesson as a teenager on an ordinary afternoon while hanging drywall with my dad when he casually said something that turned out to be the most valuable money lesson I’ve ever learned. Related
Shortcut: It is human nature to seek out shortcuts, but pursuing easy answers may have unexpected consequences. Pursue dividends, capital growth, or both? Can You Take a Shortcut to FI? | { in·deed·a·bly } Related
Many of the things I’ve done in my life are pretty extreme. I ate ramen noodles for a year straight. Retired in my early 30s. Moved to Thailand. These aren’t ordinary activities or ideas for most people. They’re extraordinary. And that’s perhaps what makes them even more desirable for me. I don’t like thinking or […]
From Cash Flow Kat … Can real estate investing save a life? Sounds overly dramatic, doesn’t it? Save a life? Doubtful. Or so I would have thought a few months ago. But now… now…I will tell you that real estate investing saved my brother’s life. Yes, it’s true. Three months ago, my brother was mere hours […]
Today I reached another milestone in my quest to reach financial independence and retire early. Step number 3 in my Get Rich Quick’ish strategy is ‘Take Advantage of Free Money.‘ As of this moment I’m officially all-in on my employer’s ESPP program. It has taken a while to get to this point (two years to […]
From Victori Media … “Retirement can seem like a hazy event in the future, making it feel far less urgent than other life priorities. However, let’s learn from others – not saving early enough for retirement is the number one financial regret of Baby Boomers in America. In contrast, I have never heard anyone say […]
Thanks for sharing this one Ty 🙂