Emergency Funds

Emergency Funds

Too many people today don’t have an emergency fund or a savings account. Your emergency fund is the safety net in the event you get sick, lose your job, have unexpected car repairs, medical expense, etc. General guidelines you’ll hear from financial planners as to how much you should sock away into your emergency funds […]

Your Relationship with Money

All of us have a complex relationship with regards to money. How you acquire, spend and manage money is largely due to two factors: the nurturing you received during childhood about money and values, and the way you organized this information in your mind. At each end of the spectrum is financial insecurity. On one […]

How to Begin with the End in Mind

“Create a vision for the life you really want and then work relentlessly towards making it a reality.” ― Roy T. Bennett When you think about the idea of wanting to achieve financial success, one of the first questions you probably ask yourself is, “how are you going to get there?” And where is “there” […]

Be Consistent

The Need to Be Consistent

“Small disciplines repeated with consistency everyday lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.” – John C. Maxwell If you want to have success in reaching your goals, whatever those goals are, you need to be consistent. Being consistent in the things you do has many great advantages and people who consciously practice being consistent, […]

Doing Good by Saving to Give

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu There are many different facets to saving money. Aside from saving to pay yourself first and saving to invest, there is also another key area of savings which is saving to give! Saving to give can be […]