Biblical Principles on Money Proverbs 3,6

For the next few round of articles, I am going to be focusing on things that are found in Proverbs in the Bible.  I plan on focusing on the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Not all things make sense to me and probably not to you either, but I enjoy perspective and that means [...]

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Willpower? To be or not to be

There are some days you just don’t want to do anything at all.  Like rainy days, those are great examples of when you just feel blah and don’t want to do anything.  So what can you do to beat those moments and days of not feeling up to the task of getting things done.  Here [...]

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Looking socially responsible wastes money

In a report over at Fox News there is an article about People changing spending habits in public vs private.  This is a great example of the “keeping up with the Jones’s attitude.”  This desire is really a social distinction that people feel like they need to show off their wealth and importance through their [...]

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What are you expecting?

A lot of people like to think that whatever happens, happens. This is completely not true in my experience and I didn’t come up with this by myself either. My thoughts on this are out of the book The Psychology of Winning by Dennis Waitley.

The main thought is that based on your attitude [...]

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Addicted to Thinking

Addicted to thinking never crossed my mind til it was put in another frame of reference.

I tell you, do not worry. Don’t worry about your life and what you will eat or drink. And don’t worry about your body and what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than eating? Aren’t there more important [...]

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Invest in People

Remember that not all investments are monetary. I have had the ability to spend some time with family lately and have been reminded that Time itself is the only thing one really has and you spend it all the time and you never get it back. I truly desire a financially strong life and work [...]

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You don’t always shape yourself

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17. This is so true and overlooked so often. You might know that you’re hanging out with the wrong crowd and that it is making a mess of your finances or your life. You can change your friends and in some [...]

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The way you think

I believe (and you can see it from my posts after you’ve read a few of them) that when it comes to personal finance, you have to spend lots of time on personal development. You can’t just concentrate on one side of your life without affecting the others. Besides who would rather figure [...]

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Financial Strength is a LIfestyle

We all have friends who seem to make weird choices with their money. I have had friends who for example had an extra fifty bucks left at the end of the week in college when we’re dirt poor say,” i didn’t know what to do so i bought a jacket.” This sounds good, [...]

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Once Upon a Shopping Trip

This time of year is crazy, I was out looking around today and it strikes me as odd how many people are out buying crazy gifts, me included. I do tend to splurge much more than I should, but that is my financial side talking. There is also another investment which can be [...]

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