Archives For Personal Finance Education

The Creature From Jekyll Island- 208 DSR

February 13, 2016

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Jekyll Island

One of the most important books you’ll ever read about the mysteries of money.

This books reveals:
Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magicians secrets are unveiled. We get a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, their pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money.

Resources:
The Creature from Jekyll Island
Optimized Self
Narco Dollars For Dummies

Get Your Mind Straight. Get Your Money Straight
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Buying Your Teenagers First Car – 207 DSR

January 17, 2016

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Car

Smart ways to buy your teenagers first car. We interview Charlene from NC

Resources:
Kelly Blue Book

Get Your Mind Straight. Get Your Money Straight
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Get Your Mind Straight: Part 2 – 206 DSR

December 27, 2015

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Veggie

What is food?
Why do we eat?
Easy ways to clean up what we eat.
Dealing with family/friends when we change what we eat.

Resources:

Dr Schulze – SuperFood
Food Blender – Vitamix

The Vegetarian Myth – Lierre Keith

Sugar Blues – William Dufty

Get Your Mind Straight. Get Your Money Straight
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Truth About Interest Rates- DSR 203

November 22, 2015

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Rates

In the audio (click above) we cover:

What is the interest rate?
Who decides?
Difference between the interest rate and the REAL interest rate.
3 ways to save interest paid over the life of the loan.
Why do we borrow money from strangers?

Resource:

The Man Who Quit Money

Get Your Mind Straight. Get Your Money Straight.
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How to Ask for a Pay Raise – DSR 201

November 11, 2015

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Thinking about asking the boss for more money on the job? Here’s a few things you might want to consider before having that conversation.

When should you ask?
Where do you ask?
What should you ask for?
Why should you ask?

Resources:
The Freedom Manifesto

Get Your Mind Straight. Get Your Money Straight.

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199 DSR – The Basics of Money

October 21, 2015

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Gears

Knowledge of money all starts with the basics. You need a solid foundation before you can build a house. Mike Maloney’s Hidden Secrets of Money video series is the best primer I can recommend to get you started.

Resources:
Guide to Investing in Gold & Silver
Hidden Secrets of Money
Irwin Schiff

Get your mind straight. Get your money straight.

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198 DSR – How to Go Broke

October 13, 2015

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broke

Top 5 ways to go broke:

1) Too Many Credit Cards
2) Ignoring Your Current Situation
3) Keeping Up With The Jones’
4) Listening to Friends & Family Who Are Clueless About Money
5) Buying Too Much House

Credits:
The outline for this episode was used with permission from debt management expert Doug Hoyes of the podcast “Debt Free in 30.”

Resources:
Doug Hoyes (Canada)
Debt Free in 30 (iTunes)
The Creature From Jekyll Island

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195 DSR – Gas Prices

September 19, 2015

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Why drive across town to save less than a buck a tank?
Does this train us into a scarcity mentality?
If gas is stored sunlight, how can we run out of the sun?

Ways to change a scarcity mindset.

Action tips:
Practice changing your scarcity mentality by living on less (for a while).
Sounds like a contradiction, doesn’t it? Once you’ve lived on less, you can lose some of the fear.

Resources:

How to begin living on less
The Minimalists

How to make your own fuel for your car:
Alcohol Can Be a Gas!

To better understand the connection between oil prices, politics, and banking:
All the Presidents’ Bankers

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