‘Easy Steps to Success with Money’

[For “200 Poor Quotes,” click here.]
We’ve looked at 200 Poor Quotes. Now, for just as many Rich Quotes!
Dare to be open-minded enough not to reject any of them out of hand. Consider each of them and whether there is anything you can take away from them—even if you ultimately disagree with […]

After our recent exploration of Class, Culture, and Income (and how those factors may have influenced our pasts and our present thoughts/beliefs/ dreams—and, most likely, will also affect our futures as well), it’s time to take another break from our series.
Today, I present the Poor Quotes. Next time, I’ll provide the Rich […]

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are talking divorce, says AOL Money & Finance.
By the way, is it just me, or does she remind anyone else of that old famous saucy grande dame puppet Madame?
Same high cheek bones, prominent chin, and thin lips. Don’t get me wrong, I love Madonna and her new […]

Are you a savvy spender? Do you want to be one? Take this test, find out, and learn how to improve your spending habits—unless you already mastered the art of savvy spending!
In 2002, I found this quiz at MSN Money and took it with abysmal results. Unfortunately, a few of the answers […]

If you think you have to have a great education in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, engineering, or anything else to come up with a great new invention, you are mistaken.
Kids as young as five years old have come up with amazingly simple solutions to our everyday problems—or cool new products that are so desirable—that their […]

Just a quick post to announce to everyone that I just gave my very first interview on the internet to the folks at a great new blog called “Focus on Your Money Maker.”
I was also the first one they profiled! You can find my interview at “Profile of a Money Maker: […]

Why are so many people conflicted about money? We all agree we need some of it. But, can anyone ever be too rich? If so, how much is too much? Or, is money like cars and guns, a fact of life, useful under the right circumstances, and only dangerous in the […]

Suze Orman’s dad was a chicken plucker. I had to stop, rewind, and replay that part of her DVD The Courage To Be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance.
Especially since I thought she said chicken-something-else-that-ends- with-”ucker.” (I’d never heard of a chicken plucker!) I turned to my boyfriend […]

Remember the Three Little Pigs?
They were brothers who each needed to build a house of their own. They had the choice to build their homes out of straw, sticks, or bricks.
The first chose straw, the second chose sticks, and the third chose bricks. Along came the Big Bad Wolf […]

Going to the mall this weekend? Maybe you need to pick up a few things. Or, maybe you just plan to catch the latest movie. But, somehow you come home with bagsful of new stuff anyway. I know. I’ve been there. Many times.
But, it’s not all your fault. […]