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What Nature Can Teach Us About Personal Finance

July 15, 2009 · 10 comments

in financial education, financial planning, guest post, money lessons, psychology, resources

This is a guest post from Wojciech Kulicki, the writer behind the personal finance blog Fiscal Fizzle. If you enjoyed this post, please consider subscribing to his feed.
First, let me say that it’s a pleasure to share this post with MoneyEnergy readers. I’ve been a regular reader for some time, and the posts here are [...]

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ABC’s UN-BROKE: Personal Finance For Dummies, or Useful Infotainment?

May 30, 2009 · 7 comments

in financial education, financial planning, news and updates

Did you see UN-BROKE: What You Need To Know About Money On ABC Friday night?  Starring Seth Green, Samuel L. Jackson and Christian Slater, the one-time special purports to help educate us (or those who don’t know) about personal finance.  We can call it the celebrification of personal finance.
I didn’t catch it on TV, but [...]

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Goals on Fire: The Link Between Personal Finance and Positive Thinking

April 22, 2009 · 0 comments

in discipline, goals, psychology

Goals and discipline. We make life goals; we make financial goals.  We don’t always follow through on goals.
When I did some thinking about it the other day, I realized that discipline is just being able to stretch out that initial burst of motivation you had for your goal and distributing it over time.  We need [...]

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Lehman Brothers, AIG and Now Maybe WaMu – What Do You Do?

September 17, 2008 · 2 comments

in US economy, banks

We thought things were bad when we saw Bear Stearns and IndyMac go under, but this past week has seen more financial casualties than both of those giants combined.  Thankfully, Bank of America is buying Merrill Lynch, but Barclays is still sitting on whether to buy part of Lehman Brothers.  The Fed has begun to [...]

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One Single Step That Can Most Improve Your MoneyEnergy

July 22, 2008 · 5 comments

in cashflow, debt

Andy over at $aving to Invest tagged me with the Single Step Personal Finance Challenge created by Mrs. Micah. The challenge is to find “one step you can take to make your financial system better or more organized.” This is my first tag!:) It’s like finally getting a Valentine’s Day card when [...]

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