Learn from Sharon
Teens – Be Confident in Your Potential
This is a clarion call to all teens – never doubt your potential and your ability to achieve anything you set your mind to and truly work for. The power of self …
We Need More Financial Education
If there is a gaping hole in the curriculum of America’s schools it is financial education. It seems unbelievable to think why financial education doesn’t have a larger role in …
Prepare the Next Generation
There’s no better time than now to help prepare your children (or grandchildren) for the future and the often tough financial decisions they’ll have to make throughout it. One of …
The Benefit of a Rainy Day Fund
Sometimes life throws us unexpected curveballs – and more often than not they can have a comparatively large financial burden attached to them. If you’re floating paycheck to paycheck with …
Form a Habit of Saving
Saving isn’t something that usually spontaneously happens. It’s a built up pattern over many years that eventually forms a habit. Unfortunately, many Americans just never developed it. My habit of …
Look for Ways to Save Every Day
How much and with what frequency you save may often can be the difference between success and some big obstacles in your professional and personal life. We all have “wants” …
Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should
Just because you can swipe your credit card and pick up that shiny new thing you wanted, doesn’t mean you should. Credit cards have lured us in with the ease …
Using Credit Cards Responsibly
Credit cards are everywhere these days – and with good reason. These pint-sized plastic placards have allowed millions of people across the globe to purchase items from every store imaginable …
Why We Need to Change America’s Financial Outlook
Unless you’ve turned a blind eye to the world, you can’t help but notice that the financial outlook in America these days seems a little dimmer than it used to …
Changing Our Financial Perspective
I’m happy to announce that over the next few months I’ll be ramping up my outreach on social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter and particularly this blog with tons …
