Carnival of Money, Growth & Happiness #14
Greetings! The 14th edition of the Carnival of Money, Growth & Happiness is up. We have selected 43 posts for this edition. Since the list is quite extensive, I have put up a lot of efforts to host this carnival. I request all the participants to link back to this carnival at their earliest convenience (if you really appreciate my efforts). Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.
Warren Wong presents How to Stop Hurt Feelings From Dating posted at Personal Development for INTJs. Are your feelings hurt from dating or being in a relationship? Here’s some practical advice about how not to be.
David Wygant presents Do Women Use You For Your Money? posted at David Wygant. There are quite a number of men here in Los Angeles who are over the age of forty, and who enjoy chasing the incredibly frustrating younger puma in her low to mid twenties.
Warren Wong presents Taking Risks posted at INTJ Personal Development. Are you afraid to launch your own business? Are you afraid of losing what money you have? Here’s why you shouldn’t be.
Larry Russell presents Summary Table of Traditional IRA and Roth IRA Tax Rules posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. For your convenience, the table provided summarizes 2007 rules for traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The table has a left-hand column of questions and 12 columns of information. Read the first four questions in the first four rows to determine which of the twelve columns would apply to you.
SJ Yee presents 10 Secrets to Happiness I learnt from Andrew Matthews posted at Personal Development for the Book Smart. Finally, the secrets of happiness are revealed!
Michelle Cramer presents Funding Options for Small Business posted at GreatFX Business Cards. Explores the funding options a small business owner has, including investing your own money, loans and credit cards.
KCLau presents When Should We Review Our Life Insurance Coverage? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. From time to time, there are certain changes in our lives that may have a significant impact on our insurance needs. We should think of it as a checkup. Most of us go for medical checkup once a year. It might be a simple blood test or a full body examination.
Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents Where Does Your Money Go? Tips and Tricks for Tracking the Flow posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door. Money flows like water. It can gush like a raging river or drip like an annoying leaky faucet at midnight. If we use this precious resource mindlessly, we face drought. However, if we first observe the ebbs and flows, effective management becomes a simple matter of design. Here’s how.
James presents Overcoming Shyness: Tips for making effective eye contact posted at you shy devil you. Eye contact is one of the most fundamental forms of body language. Here are 5 1/2 tips on making more effective eye contact.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Why You Spend and Save The Way You Do: The Science Behind Money Behaviors posted at The Digerati Life. Silicon Valley Blogger says, “I’ve seen this question asked around a lot in the financial online community: “What does it mean to be cheap?” The questions are usually some variant of “when are you frugal, versus miserly, versus profligate?”
Anna Ross presents Wealth Of Women :: Anna Ross’s Blog posted at The Woman’s Way to (True) Wealth. Women are still very much poorer than men, whether you measure income or assets, and in the interests of justice and equality, that gap should be closed.
Jason Elder presents 100k In Credit Card Debt Is No Reason To Go Bankrupt posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog. Years ago bankruptcy was only used by business to obtain relief from its debtors. Today 1 out of every 7 people has filed bankruptcy and walked away from thousands of dollars of credit card debt.
Aaron Wakling presents Protecting Your Credit Card Information Online posted at The Credit & Credit Card Blog. While shopping online is the latest and greatest trend for consumers, hackers and other dishonest people have also turned to online shopping as a way to obtain credit card information for fraudulent use.
Anna Ross presents True Wants & The Law of Attraction posted at The Woman’s Way to (True) Wealth. Wanting more money means wanting to be a bigger person — and will require you to change.
Eric Hudin presents Protecting Your Finances and Assets Offshore posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. When it comes to the question of when to protect your assets and finances offshore your financial, legal and tax advisers will always tell you there is no such thing as taking action to protect your fiscal situation too soon, especially if you want to go offshore for some form of direct affluence protection reasons.
Robert D Flach presents IF YOU BELIEVE THAT I HAVE A BRIDGE FOR SALE CHEAP posted at THE WANDERING TAX PRO. Filing late in the filing season near April 15 decreases your audit risk (You are audited based on what is on your return and not when you filed it).
Allen Taylor presents Good Stock Investments - How To Spot The Best Stocks For Your Portfolio posted at Investing World Today. So what are some good stock investments for your portfolio? Just about everybody wants to know this. The truth is, the answer all depends on what type of investor you are.
Tim Ramsey presents Consumer Debt Is A Financial Killer posted at My Debt Relief Blog. A crucial step in creating wealth is to reduce your dependence on credit cards and ensure future monthly payments on all of your cards combined never exceeds 10% of your after tax income.
Eric Stanley presents How To Start Saving Money posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles. Here are three strategies you can put to work immediately in your life.
Thomas Humes presents Value Creation Creates Wealth posted at Wealth Building World. If you truly want to be rich then you need to find a way to create as much value in the world as possible. Rich people go around asking themselves what they can do better for other people. They understand that if they can make life easier and/or better for as many people as possible, they will get rich.
Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents Memories are made of the things we DO, not the things we BUY posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door. Should we buy a boat? Or would we rather go fishing?
Larry Russell presents The Biggest Personal Finance Story of the Past 30 Years (Part 2) posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. The biggest personal finance story of the past 30 years has been the dramatic growth of the market capitalization of financial services firms within the U.S. equity markets. The reason that this is so important to your personal finances is pretty straightforward.
KCLau presents How A Fresh Graduate Plan to Retire in 8 years posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. A committed fresh graduate tells his story about his desire to plan for retirement as soon as possible.
Edithyeung presents The Money Series – Steps to Create Passive Income posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act.. Passive income = an income stream that you receive on a regular basis without your active continuing effort. Passive income could come from rental properties, book royalties, software royalties, licensing fees, or investments in businesses like oil and gas, etc.
Chris presents How much money do you need to retire? posted at nomad4ever. Do you know that owning a house for yourself and several cars on loans is not a sign of financial strength and wealth, but merely a sign of character weakness, dependence tendencies and bar ego extension (not that you have to be a guy for that one).
Lucynda Riley presents Don’t be a slave to debt posted at Grit in my Teeth. CBS news said the mortgage market is changing. It seems even people with good credit are going to be having a harder time getting a mortgage. That’s means if you have bad credit you can probably forget it.
Roshawn Watson presents Conversations From The Corner Office posted at Watson Inc. Check out my exciting interview with Van Crouch, President and CEO of Van Crouch Communications, by clicking on the clip below. Learn from someone who has truly won in life. Van is a nationally-known motivational speaker, best-selling author, and highly desired business consultant.
Tushar presents Features that add Resale Value to a Home posted at Everything Finance. According to bankrate.com, the 10 features listed below add a lot of value to your home. Based on his recent purchase of a new construction single-family home, Tushar has added his comments for each of these features.
Ryan presents The Dirty Dozen Credit Card Traps posted at CareOne Credit Counseling. Understand the terms and conditions for your credit card so you don’t get taken advantage of. Did you know you can often have a varying APR, annual fee, cash advance fees, foreign currency fees and even non-usage fees? Learn about these and more…
Surfer Sam presents Become a Millionaire posted at Surfer Sam and Friends. Live the Life of a Millionaire. It Doesn’t Take a Lot of Money. And It Doesn’t Take a Lot of Work. The Four-Hour Workweek, by Timothy Ferriss.
John Wesley presents 8 Moves to Make When the Chips Are Down posted at Pick the Brain. Taking the easy road is nice for a while, but for talented, motivated people it isn’t enough. To find satisfaction you’ll need to set ambitious goals, solve challenging problems, and develop strengths you may not know you have.
Bryan C. Fleming presents Buying into a Down Stock Market posted at Bryan C. Fleming. Did you ever think of playing the stock market? Why not just watch me loose all my money instead. In this article, Bryan talks about buying into a down stock market. Yes, it’s just like gambling… only legal!
Peter presents Reigniting the Fire Within posted at I will change your life . com. story of reigniting the fire that drives people to fight hard for the win, to push through the pain barrier when it hurts like hell, to wake early and start the day when all you want is 5 more minutes of sleep, and to finish the job when you would rather be doing something else.
Alex Blackwell presents Seven Keys for Successs posted at The Next 45 Years. So, what are you doing with your life? Would you say you are on track and living your dreams or are you struggling each day to make it through another day the best you can – without bringing out the best in yourself or others? Are you simply existing rather than living? Are you are a human “doing” rather than a human “being?” Read More…
Matthew Paulson presents How to Qualify for Mortgage without a Credit Score posted at Getting Green. Many Americans are absolutely fixated on their credit score. They believe that they have to do whatever it takes to keep their credit score in good standing. There was once a woman who called into the Dave Ramsey show who had not eaten in two days, but was current on her Mastercard payment.
The Dough Roller presents How To Buy The Warren Buffett Mutual Fund posted at The Dough Roller. A few tips on how to buy shares in Warren Buffett’s company without spending $111,000 on an A share.
The Financial Blogger presents Sunday, August 5th 2007: The Beginning of a New Life posted at The Financial Blogger. Becoming a father for the second time makes me realize what is really important in life. The importance of money takes a all new different meaning from now on.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Training Games and “Games” posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution. Explaining how to navigate through the growing number of “brain training” claims.
Michelle Cramer presents Seeking a Dream posted at GreatFX Business Cards. The ambition to be an entrepreneur is usually in the back of everyone’s mind. And though the numbers of entrepreneurs out there continue to grow, it is far too often that people have dreams and do nothing to pursue them.
Paul Piotrowski presents Will Power is Nothing: How to Get Yourself To Do What You Want To Do posted at Self Help Wisdom . com. What’s great about will power? It requires no thinking, no visualization, no planning, no preparation, etc. You simply create a logical reason to do something for a few days and using will power you can get yourself to stick to that for a few days. After that, however, we go back to our regular ways.
Tyler Lloyd presents 2 Essential Ingredients to Accomplishing Anything Worthwhile posted at Tyler Lloyd.com. A bit on the two ingredients that you must have if you are to accomplish anything worthwhile.
Peter presents 3 Not S0 Common Career Tips posted at I will change your life . com. Many people consistently work significantly longer than they get paid for. This shows dedication and commitment to the job, right? I can just imagine what must be going through their head: “this is going to look great at my next review”, or “this is sure to earn me a promotion.” Well sometimes this is true. Often, however, people want to be a martyr or are just taken for suckers.
Charles H. Green presents The Dark Side of Trust? Not! posted at Trust Matters. Harvard claims the key to trust is micromanagement; but the reality is that you can improve your personal and business relationships by letting go enough that trust has room to flourish.
That concludes the 14th edition of the Carnival of Money, Growth & Happiness. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 26 August 2007. You can submit your posts using the Blog Carnival Submission Form.