How could eliminating household waste save 40%? Bea Johnson claims in her book, The Zero Waste Home, that she cut her family household living expenses by a whopping 40%. All from eliminating...
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Should You Set Yourself on F.I.R.E? (Financial Independence Retire Early)
The FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) community is really gathering momentum in the USA and the UK and yet, there is still a strange amount of resistance to the notion that one might not...
Talane’s Top Ten Tips for Creating a Reserve of Money
Creating a reserve of money is easier than you may think. Read on to get my top ten tips to create a reserve of money. 1. Respect your money. Put your bills in order neatly into a good-looking...
How to Live Like a Millionaire without a Million
What is my secret? How can I enjoy such a magnificent lifestyle (two houses by the beach, international travel, house cleaner twice a week, massages...) without being a millionaire? How can we enjoy...
Forget frugality! There is an Easier Way to Financial Freedom
While doing research for my next book on money and financial freedom, I’ve been exploring various paths to financial freedom. And I bumped into Mr. Money Mustache (mrmoneymustache.com) along the...
Talane’s Top 10 Tips to Create a Wealthy Mindset and Attract True Wealth
With all the doom and gloom in the news about the state of the economy, it's all too easy to fall into the trap of negative thinking about your own financial situation. So, in this environment, how...
Get on the Path to Financial Freedom
The Road to Financial Freedom May Start with an Idea. My mom recalls how she once deliberated whether to buy a nicer cut of meat for dinner or scouring pads. As a mother of three small children and...
Wealth Creation Starts with Savings
My idea of a savings account used to be a yet-to-be-maxed-out credit card! Funny thing about having a cash reserve – you can't appreciate it until you have it. Once you experience it, you'll never...
Why Financial Wealth and Prosperity Should Matter to You
No one cares about your money more than you (not even the experts)… A few years ago, just when we thought we had things under control, we received a letter from our accountant. The letter stated...
Increase Your Income with 5 Key Strategies
Increase Your Income with 5 Key Strategies Now that you've focused on saving, it's time to get to work on the second half of the financial freedom equation: increase your income. If you work for...
Play for Financial Independence
Financial independence means that you have enough money or revenue streams that you never have to work again, except for the joy of it. First, realize that anyone (yes, that means you!) can play...
Stop Over-Spending by Over-Responding
One interesting concept I learned in CoachU’s coach training program was the idea of over-responding. This is not over-reacting, which is a knee-jerk response. Rather, over-responding is carefully...
