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Saving Money While Traveling

I was just recently doing a bit of traveling. If there is one thing I learned all over again, it’s that vacations can be expensive. Whether you are just trying to get away for the weekend, or planning an all out adventure, there are some simple things you can do to stretch your money.

Be flexible. […]

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The Middle-Class Millionaire

According to Russ Alan Prince and Lewis Schiff, middle-class millionaires now account for 10% of the U.S. population. In doing research for their book The Middle-Class Millionaire, they studied almost 4,000 households to better understand attitudes, values and purchasing patterns.
Some of the interesting things they found out were:

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Learning From Failure

Below is a video of a Nike commercial featuring Michael Jordan that is truly inspirational to me. He’s inspirational not just because of his physical abilities, or business accomplishments, but because of his drive, leadership, and ability to overcome adversity. Anyway, I thought this was a good commercial and thought I would share it.

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Valentine’s Day Ideas

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. This corporate holiday, pulled from thin air in order to sell more stuff, that says we should be romantic on a certain day. I mean, if you have a significant other, shouldn’t you try to do nice things for them all the time? Anyway, this is my first Valentine’s […]

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Negotiate Fees

A girl I know came up to me the other day asking if she should contact Sprint about dropping a $220 fee she incurred for cancelling one of the two lines on her account. She’s been a Sprint customer for nearly 5 years, and is planning to stay with them, she just doesn’t need the […]

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Lessons The Rich Can Teach You

I was reading an interesting article by Liz Pulliam Weston about the 5 lessons the rich can teach you. This article really points out the little differences in the way rich people treat money. The 5 main differences pointed out in this article are…
They donate more
Charitable giving dropped sharply among the wealthy after the 2000-2001 […]

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