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Why Track Your Spending, Part II

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

A budget simply records how much money is coming in and where it is going out.  A budget makes no judgment; it’s a tool that tells the truth.  And once you learn how to use a budget well, it becomes an instrument that helps deliver your lifelong dreams.  A budget is a key tool in [...]

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Building Net Worth

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

The whole point of building a larger net worth is to provide the wherewithal for living expenses while you do what you most want to do.
— George Kinder, The Seven Stages of Money Maturity

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Money Beliefs

Monday, July 24th, 2006

As soon as we become aware of money, we develop beliefs about it — beliefs we cling to, sometimes for the rest of our lives, often at the cost of our souls.  …This is the trap of Innocence — we hold on to a body of beliefs with such fierceness and misplaced loyalty that they [...]

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