Make it Automated

My wife will be the first to tell you that I am pretty darn lazy. While I do not have much downtime in my day, she knows that while I’m working, I’m doing it as efficiently as I can. I call it… being efficiently lazy....

Accelerate Your Mortgage, Free Your Income

I was recently asked about a mortgage acceleration program and how they work. The idea behind the program is to pay off your home 2 or 3 years early, and save a bunch of money on interest....

Tell me if this sounds weird…

I know someone who once decided to replace all of the old windows in a house that itself was over 100 years old. He took out a home equity line of credit (HELOC) in order to finance the window replacement, and a contractor arrived on a Saturday to complete the job....

My Debit Card was Stolen: Here’s What to Do

It’s true; I never thought I would let it happen, but it happened without me having any knowledge of it. While you can minimize your risk of having your number stolen, if it does happen, you need to be on top of it. Just a few weeks ago, I discovered that I needed to make some calls....

Is There Something More Productive?

Last week I wrote about the importance of looking at things with the perspective that you might be doing too much. I shared with you that sometimes you have to make the tough decision of giving up something, regardless of whether or not it is working well, and replacing it with something you believe could work even better for you....

End of Year Business Priorities

As the end of the year looms near, I tend to receive quite a few inquiries focusing on what business owners need to do to get ready for next year. While I will highlight a few of the important tasks to complete, I am more interested in helping business owner do certain things throughout the year, to keep from having to focus on so many at the end of the year. I have never met a business owner who could not use more time....

Continuous Learning

Right now there are a ton of teachers out there to help our kids learn new skills. They range from piano lessons, to tutoring, to second languages. There is an entire subset of business that focuses and caters exclusively to children....

Bringing happiness to your life

Most people equate money with happiness. In fact, if you were to ask people what one thing would make them happier, more than half would say earning more money. Is this really the case? If we just make more money, we would be happie?...

Are you Planning to Win?

Most of us don’t plan to fail, but I strive to ask myself, and I planning to win? Winning can be anything you want in life. Some examples of good goals to have are raising your income, purchasing a home, starting a business, getting out of debt, saving for retirement, and raising a happy, healthy family....

Accelerate Your Mortgage, Remove a Big Payment

I was recently asked about a mortgage acceleration program. The idea behind them is to join the program and pay off your house 2 or 3 years early, and save a bunch of money on interest....