Let’s talk about money. Someone will probably call me insensitive or naive for posting this, but I don’t care. It’s important. Please keep in mind, I’m talking about people with normal to above average incomes, not senior citizens on SSI or single moms on state assistance. I understand there are hard cases.

I heard a [...]

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Financial intelligence is mostly counter intuitive. Take everything you feel about the economy and turn it on its head.
You’ve heard “buy low, sell high,” right? Sounds easy enough, but how do you do it? Most people buy high and sell low.
This is why the rich are rich and most of us aren’t.
The rich…

Sell when everyone [...]

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Jonathan Fields just tweeted:
How much do you need to make you feel like you’ve made it? Just a little bit more… Live life differently. :-)
To which I replied (Follow me @solson on Twitter):
I need enough to reach my goals. Money is an important tool. How much you need depends on your goal.
But what I wanted [...]

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Fear creates more of the things you fear. Let me explain.
Elisabeth commented on Do Not Fear the Economic Crisis.
Glad to hear you, Dawud Miracle, and the previous two posters are
doing so well, but I must say this is a depressing post to read after
having spent twelve hours every day for the past five days pounding [...]

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