Every once in a while things just click, that the many strands of thought and experiences you’ve had suddenly develop a pattern that you had never grasped before. I realized this in several aspects of my life recently, but one that I want to talk…
Tag: financial education
Failure to Launch
“I’m a grown adult. It’s my money, I earned it, and I’ll do what I want with it!” A friend of mine shouted these words recently when he dropped a bomb on me: he was thinking of moving out of his parents’ house. This is a…
Book Review: Why the Rich Are Getting Richer by Robert Kiyosaki
Why the Rich are Getting Richer is the latest book in the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series, and Kiyosaki continues giving readers nuggets of wisdom distilled from decades of thought about personal finance. Nuggets is an apt metaphor however, because like real gold the reader…
A Financially Sound Country
According to a study done by Bankrate.com, barely 6 in 10 Americans can afford to write a check for $500 and barely 56% of people have more than $1000 in their checking and savings account combined [1] Another survey found that 1/4 retirees has zero…