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Your Treasure Holds the Key to Your Heart

by Brent Esplin • February 1, 2018

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves to do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart…

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Micawber’s Favorites – January 20, 2018

by Brent Esplin • January 21, 2018

Links to several of my favorite recent articles on money and life: This week we will close the books on 2017 and get a fresh start on the new year. Why 2017 Was the Best Year Ever by Nicholas Kristof at The New York Times The media focuses so much on the negative that we…

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You Are the Hero of Your Financial Story

by Brent Esplin • January 19, 2018

Every story needs a hero. One of the commencement speakers when I received a master’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University in 2001 was entrepreneur, businessman, educator, and religious leader James W. Ritchie. I still remember a story he told that day. The story occurred when he was supervising a church youth activity. They…

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Micawber’s Favorites – January 13, 2018

by Brent Esplin • January 13, 2018

Links to several of my favorite recent articles on money and life: The theme of the articles I have chosen to highlight this week is making your own plan, running your own race, and avoiding comparisons with others. Avoid the Comparison Trap and Run Your Own Race by Jeff Goins at Goinswriter.com Social media makes…

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Be Careful With Sales – Micawber’s Money Quote (January 8, 2018)

by Brent Esplin • January 8, 2018

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Micawber’s Favorites – January 6, 2018

by Brent Esplin • January 6, 2018

Links to several of my favorite recent articles on money and life: Forget the Global Economy, This Should Be Your First Focus by Andrew at Family Money Plan This article is a great reminder that personal finance is personal, and that your focus should be on your personal economy. The most important reason for this…

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The Micawber Principle

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.

Wilkins Micawber in the Book “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens

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About the Micawber Principle

“They say I tell a great many stories. I reckon I do, but I have learned from long experience that people are more easily influenced through the medium of a broad and humorous illustration
than in any other way.” – President Abraham Lincoln

My name is Brent Esplin, founder of the Micawber Principle blog. Like President Lincoln I
believe in the teaching power of stories. I am a money storyteller, and I use this blog to teach the
simple, timeless and transforming principles of wise money management through stories. I am a
licensed CPA living in Salt Lake City, Utah. I have a lovely wife, Alice, four wonderful
children, and the cutest grandson in the history of the world.

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