Fear is a powerful motivator. Maybe it’s better to say that fear is a powerful DEmotivator. How many great ideas have we left undone because we were too scared to start? We’re wired this way. Nature serves us example after example of the safety that […]
Year: 2017
Absolute Belief is the Cure for Fear
Failure is overrated. We’ve created a featureless monster that lives in our brains, just out of sight, that has us convinced that the worst thing in the world is failure. We can’t quite put our finger on why, but we’re certain that there are few […]
New ways to make money as a student
One of the scariest things we can do is step out on our own. It’s much more comfortable to follow the pack, to take advantage of the same opportunities that we’ve been taking advantage of for years. Let me ask a question to drive home […]
How to succeed by making mistakes
You may recall my post from a few weeks ago that talked about changing your goal: define success as learning and you can always succeed. In rock climber jargon, “If I send, I send. My goal is to learn to climb better.” *“sending” means completing […]
In the Black
In the black. Today, for the first time in our lives (that’s my wife and I), our net worth is a positive number! What does that mean? It means that if you took everything of value that we own (a car, a retirement fund, the […]
The shortcut to Loser-ville
Last week I talked about cars, and how to own one without damaging your future. I received several responses that sounded like: “I deserve to drive a nice car. I work hard.” I hate to break it to you, but working hard doesn’t grant you […]
How FutureRich people buy cars
I’ve been ranting about cars this week. Wednesday I talked about how much a car payment actually costs you over your life. Hint: it’s millions of dollars. Yesterday I pointed out how cars lose much of their value in the first two years. Today I […]
Should I buy a brand new car?
Yesterday I showed how an average new car, bought on payments, costs you between $100,000 and $200,000 over your life. You should always pay cash, rather than going into debt. But if you have the cash, should you buy brand new? Buying brand-new cars is […]
How much does an average new car cost? The answer will shock you.
How much does a new car cost? Let’s do an experiment to find out. Grab a partner and take a drive to that stretch of road in your town where all of the car dealers seem to have agreed to open shop. As you drive […]
A Generous Life
What comes to your mind when you hear the word, “generosity”? Giving money to a person in need? Maybe a donation to a ministry or a nonprofit? Giving a hungry person some food? Is there more to generosity than pity, than seeing someone as worse […]
