Tipful Tuesday

Tipful Tuesday 04-27-2010

Happy Tuesday! This is the next installation of Tipful Tuesday. I am here to provide you with tips from my experiences. Remember, I am not a financial planner, advisor or even all that great with money. Today’s tip is to have a budget in place. Some of you may be thinking “duh, DP! Doesn’t everyone do that?” The answer is “no!” I never did a budget, I didn’t know why I would need one or even how to make one. I learned once it was too late to save me from myself. Making a budget is fairly simple: your...

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Tipful Tuesday – Pay yourself first!

Tipful Tuesday – Pay yourself first!

My tip for you today is one that I should have listened to a long time ago. I read David Bach’s book “The Automatic Millionaire” many years ago. And I promptly ignored what I’d read. The most important thing you can learn from me, from David Bach, from anyone with two pennies to rub together and a lick of common sense would be to “pay yourself first.” I didn’t think I could afford to do this for many years. The truth of the matter is: I couldn’t afford NOT to do this. I should have been doing this from...

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