Tag Archives: Wealth Building

Friday Financial Tidibt-Who wants to be a millionaire?

To receive notifications of new posts, please join our email list. About 15 years ago there was a game show that took the US by storm. That show was Who Wants to be a Millionaire hosted by Regis Philbin. It … Continue reading

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Friday Financial Tidbit-Your finances aren’t built in a day

To receive notifications of new posts, please join our email list. Last September I had the privilege to attend the Quitter conference presented by Jon Acuff in Nashville, TN. I did a recap of the conference on a podcast episode … Continue reading

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The growing anger towards the wealthy

I don’t know if it is because I have been reading and blogging about personal finance for five years now and I’m more attuned to this stuff or if more people are just voicing their opinion, but in the past … Continue reading

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How much is enough?

“How much is enough?” That question comes up a lot in conversation when I’m discussing personal finances. It comes up a lot because we like formulas and exact numbers. Having that “magic number” tells us exactly how much we need … Continue reading

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JW’s Financial Coaching Podcast Lesson #12 Do rich people really need to budget if they spend frugally? With guest Brent Pittman

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Highlights of today’s show: Brent Pittman  joins us to discuss; if you are rich and frugal do you need to budget? How do you know if you are really rich or wealthy? Can you … Continue reading

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Favorite Blog Posts of 2011

I typically write several blog posts a week and if you add that up over the course of a year that is well over 100 posts in a year. So every year I like to look back and create a … Continue reading

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Being able to enjoy your money

A few Sundays ago my wife and I had the privilege of dedicating our 5 month old son Joshua at our home church. It was a great day and an unbelievable feeling to have our son dedicated in front of … Continue reading

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You are going to make over a million dollars in your lifetime!

When working with clients, there are a lot of reasons I get on why they are hesitant to do a monthly budget. One of the main reasons people give as to why they don’t want to do a budget is … Continue reading

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What are you building wealth for?

Most of my blog posts and podcasts are about having a plan with your money and then getting out of debt. I do this mostly because a large majority of Americans are in debt and do not have a plan … Continue reading

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Is building wealth about being lucky?

Can you remember back when you were a young child and you were talking with your friends about wealthy people? If you were like me, you would always think that people were lucky to have money and you would always … Continue reading

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