Stewardship: Be Thrifty

I wrote on my blog about some advice from Abe Lincoln. I wanted to expand on one point here because it fits into one of our main points: Giving & Stewardship. Here’s what I wrote on the blog: You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. (Abe Lincoln)...

Stewardship – You Better Get Ready

Folks, you better get ready and get your finances in order NOW if you want to have a little less discomfort dealing with what’s coming soon to America. Proverbs 22:3 – A prudent one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are...

Stewardship – Credit Card Foolishness

I’m constantly amazed at how stupid the credit card companies think we are based on the commercials I see from them. But then I have to stop and think, "if people weren’t responding to them, they wouldn’t be paying to show those ads a thousand times." Then...

Recognizing Scams

The Internet is definitely the phenomenon of the century but with it comes many dangers and most of those dangers involve trying to separate you and your money. Sometimes this is through gimmicks and the sale of snake oil, and sometimes it is through fraudulent scams....

No Excuses!

If you have any interest in Internet business, either now, or in the future, get your own blog or website. If you even THINK you might do something in the future, get a blog or a site NOW. It takes time to build traffic, get ranked on search engines and get used to...

It’s Not Fun To Admit

What’s the hardest part of starting down the road to being debt-free? Answer: admitting you haven’t done it right so far, or at best, haven’t done it good enough. Admitting you’ve done a sorry job handling your money or that you’ve fallen for all the...

It’s a Mindset, Not a Trick

I get asked routinely, " what about debt consolidation services?", "what about debt relief companies?" or "what about bankruptcy?". They all have the same foundational meaning: "What about ways that will help me NOT pay for what I’ve...

It Takes All Three

The most common question I’ve heard about my site is why three areas of life? Why not just stick with ‘how to make money’ and concentrate on the income? Or why venture into other areas besides your religious site [www.seriousfaith.com]?...

Control & Freedom

Extreme control over your day via scheduling, goal setting, and scripting has just the opposite effect that most people think.  It is liberating and freedom producing, not restrictive and tedious. Most people think that anal control over every minute of your day...