Category: F.I. Mindset
Happiness isn’t Free
“I want a big house, a nice car, lots of money, and a wonderful spouse!” This statement is typically what a person decides will make them happy—this is their version of happiness. If everyone dreams of this amazing life, then why do so many fall short? Well, happiness isn’t free. Happiness is a combination of…
Can You Achieve Work-Life Balance 2
Now, it is time to get to the specifics on how to achieve work-life balance. To be very clear, the only way to truly achieve this critical balance is to become work-optional, which means that at any time, we can pack our bags and leave. We are basically working for the intangibles such as companionship,…
Can You Achieve a Work-Life Balance?
We are all guilty of trying to be perfect in all aspects of our lives—including marriage, children, friendships, family, work, and hobbies. However, trying to be the best, all at once, can have severe consequences on our mental health. It is human nature to want to be good at whatever we are doing. When we…
Don’t Let School Interfere with Your Education
We have placed too much emphasis of our education on going to college and getting multiple degrees. We are now telling ourselves that someone will show us how to make money and build our fortunes. Sadly, your degree is not going to help you get rich. It may get you a high-paying job, however. So…
5 Takeaways from “Limitless”
“Limitless” by Jim Kwik was not even on my radar. A Marine Officer at my work randomly approached me and started talking up the book. I guess he did an excellent job because I went home that night and began reading it. It is a life-changing book that is based on meta-learning. Meta-learning is the…
JOMO: Joy of Missing Out
Getting older has its perks, and one of them is being able to make your own decisions. As we get older, we have the chance to participate in everything everyone else is doing. We do this because of FOMO or Fear Of Missing Out. Or we have the opportunity to go our way and experience…
Become the CEO of Yourself
Now it is time to take control of our lives and create the future that we envision. Where do we start? In the last article, “Become the CEO of Your Life,” we talked about identifying what you wanted in love and work. Now, we want to take small positive steps in the right direction. These…
4 Steps to Become Rich
It’s funny that the steps we are given at a young age to become rich will not really make us rich. We may become wealthy over a long span of time, but not as fast as they allude to as we are growing up. Their four steps for wealth are: 1) Get good grades 2)…
The Truth About Discretionary Income- You’ve Been Lied To
Do you remember those days when you would neatly budget all your money? You would know how much total income was coming into your household and measure that against your expenses? The resulting difference, if a positive number, was called discretionary income. Well, it was all a lie. All of it. Let’s start from the…
Strong Finances, Strong Marriage: 10 Steps to a Healthy, Wealthy Marriage
We always link marriage and finances together, whether for good or for bad. It is a lot easier to have a successful marriage when you have your finances in order than with messy finances. But how do you get to the point where you are entirely in control of your finances, and you can simply…
No Freakin’ Way I am Working Another 25 Years
Welcome to western world living. Here we are expected to spend our whole adult life in school and working, all the way to age 65. Well, I am going to be a rebel and refuse to play this game. How did I get to this point? I’ll explain. I am 40 years old and have…
Become Insanely Productive During the Magic Hours
When do you like to get most of your work done? Some people like to go to the gym first thing in the morning. Others want to wait until lunch or after work. Many wait until after dinner to go for a walk or run. Everybody is different, and life presents unique challenges along the…
Don’t Gamble Your Retirement Away 2
Well, it has been over two months since our first article in this series, and much has happened since then. The main takeaway from these two months is never to stop planning, preparing, and discussing your retirement plans. They are fluid and should dictate much of your actions on a day-to-day basis. First, let’s review…
Mailbox Money: The Power of Dividends, Royalties, and Rents
Getting your paycheck deposited into your bank account is a great feeling. Even better is the sensation when you don’t have to pay off debt. Receiving your wages feels so great because you earned your pay— it was your hard work that got you that check in the first place. But what does it feel…
5 Takeaways from “Rich Dad’s Who Took My Money?”
You may know that Robert Kiyosaki is by far my favorite author of all time. Reading his work is like eating comfort food down South. I just finished reading “Rich Dad’s Who Took My Money?” and it was another fantastic book. “Rich Dad’s Who Took My Money?” focuses on the velocity of money and how…
Become the CEO of Your Life part I
What is the secret to becoming wealthy and maintaining lifelong relationships? How do some people have it all— money, success, family, and love? Can you be one of the few that has it all? I believe that you can if you clearly define what having it all means. Don’t clearly define the definition of having…
20 (more) Books That Will Make You Rich
Read 20 Books That Will Make You Rich part 1 (This is Part 2) Reading in of itself will not make you rich. However, reading and creating actionable tasks WILL make you rich. I wanted to keep this page as simple as possible. I have attached my personal review of each of these books. These…
The Velocity of Money and How it will Make You Rich
If you had $30,000, how would you invest it? In the stock market? Or maybe a business? These questions are what you should be asking yourself almost daily. At any given time, you should know how to invest your money because your money should always be able to be re-invested. That’s right; your money should…
Y.B.E. Young Brilliant Entrepreneurs
I actually bounced the title of this article from one of my favorite songs of yesteryear. The year was 2001, and the song was Y.B.E. Young Black Entrepreneurs (YouTube) by Prodigy, on the album H.N.I.C. I was a Lance Corporal (E-3) stationed in San Diego, California. I had the album on cassette tape, and boy…
Books & Thoughts
I have read precisely 40 books over the last eight months, and one thing sticks out to me- each book starts to become a piece of who you are. After I read “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” I began to say, “The rich don’t work for money.” When I finished “Be Obsessed or Be Average,” I…
