“You can only have so much stuff, but you can never have too many stories.” – Paul Sullivan Great stories are one of the keys to happiness. Not great stories that you read in books but great stories that you live. Author Donald Miller writes about how he learned this lesson in his book…
“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 I have a confession to make. The Micawber Principle, as stated above and from which this blog gets…
Like the pine trees lining the winding road. I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name. Like the singing bird and the croaking toad. I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name. – Jim Croce Humans have an innate desire to name and categorize things. But does what we name something really matter? No…
Budgeting is the foundation of successfully managing your money. It is difficult to achieve any lasting financial success, regardless of how much you make, if you don’t use some kind of budget to help you control spending. So to help you better manage your money here are the ten smartest things ever said about budgets.…
I don’t usually get my financial advice from rappers, but Dee-1, a popular New Orleans rapper, has it figured out when it comes to cars. As I wrote about in an earlier post, spending too much on a car is one of the quickest ways to destroy your chance for financial success. Cars don’t define us, and most of us spend far too much money trying to impress others. Save some money and concentrate on things that really matter.
Here is a great video with Dee-1 talking about the car he drives, and why he doesn’t upgrade. Don’t let the “Parental Advisory” at the start stop you from watching. I didn’t find any reason for it in the video. Great advice and very entertaining:
