Pimp Your Finances

Ramit Sethi – of I Will Teach You to be Rich – recently caused a bit of an outrage when he introduced a new paid subscription service for a savings newsletter titled:  Scrooge Strategy: Premium Savings Tips.  It costs $8 a month, and is delivered weekly via email.
He promises that the newsletter will be full [...]

I recently wrote about twenty mistakes that keep you from getting rich.  This week, I’ll take the opposite approach, and write about twenty rules that will make you wealthy. 
Last year, cnnmoney.com published a list of twenty financial rules that never grow old.  Each rule includes a related quote from a famous historical figure.  Here is [...]

Most money books just tell you what you should be doing – which most of us already know, but ignore anyway.
“Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes – and How to Correct Them” is unique in that it examines why we don’t do the things we know we should be doing.  It seeks to improve [...]

My main goal is to build wealth – not just get out of debt. Time is the best tool I have, so it doesn’t make sense to wait to start building wealth.

To that end, I’d like to discuss Jeffrey Strain. He recently published a list of Ten (More) Reasons You Aren’t Rich, a follow up to his original list of Ten Reasons You Aren’t Rich. If you can steer clear of these pitfalls, you’ll be well on your way to wealth.