Just Get Moving – The 80/20 Rule

Personal finance author Ramit Sethi (I Will Teach You To Be Rich) has a great mantra: Stop debating minutia. Our human nature loves to nit pick and debate the subtleties of decisions and methodologies. “Be sure you start your day with a high protein breakfast to help you slim down.” “Well actually, eating more omega-3s is much more important if you really want to take the weight off.”

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All In – Committing to Debt Freedom

There’s a moment in surfing where time seems to stand still. One of those “make it or break it” moments where it’s too late to turn back. As you paddle nervously into the wave it begins to rise up higher and higher and higher; and in an instant you find yourself staring straight down a wall of water with your heart in your throat. It’s this precise instant that dares you to be great. It’s this precise instant I want you to experience. This is how to live like no one else.

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Weapon of Mass Debt-struction

Whether you’re quivering helplessly at the foot of a massive mountain of debt or just having trouble getting moving on a modest sized pile there’s a weapon that will help you level it like the planes of west Texas. It’s called the “debt snowball,” and while there’s a good chance you’ve heard of it if you’re reading this article then I’m guessing you haven’t tried it. I used this method myself to pay off over $15K in car loans before I was married, and again to pay off $12K in car loans immediately after I was married.

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Focus Pays Off

I recently learned about a cool time management concept from the blog Rock Your Day called “the living room principle.” The power of this principle is the same that accelerates people through the steps to debt freedom and is all about focus.

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