Build wealth. Love your life
I have to tell you that because of the Cash Flow game, I’m even prepared to forgive Robert Kiyosaki for writing “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” We have the game. We played it when our son was young, and we play it now when he wins nearly every time. We…
For years people have been telling you that you can pay off your debt – just spend less than you earn. But here is the thing: paying off your debt is not always as easy as cutting out some ‘fat’ from your budget. It is a bitter truth to…
Today I ask you how much money you need to change your life. You can answer by: Working out where you stand now according to material wealth and emotional wellbeing. Deciding where you wish to be. Examining your motivation. Estimating how much money you need to achieve the change. …
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Albert Einstein I fell for this one for a long time. I laughed about the clutter filling our house, I analysed it, theorised it and it has been annoying me…
Call me a snowflake. Call me an emotional woman. Tell me I don’t understand money because I would rather talk about money mentality (or these pesky feelings, beliefs and values) than primary school maths. Personal finance gurus tell us that our money destiny hangs in the balance between how…
This morning I was stretched on my bed, enjoying the last days of relative leisure in our home in Sofia – in couple of days we will be heading back to Manchester and my life is going to take a sharp turn towards regimented self-discipline (ok, motivation), long working days…
Today I was sitting here, thinking that my sabbatical is almost coming to an end – I have only about a month left of twelve-month study leave. I was also considering that we are still halfway through paying off our debt. And that it will take spotting opportunities and…
When deciding on action and considering our future we often ask ‘what’ questions. ‘What shall I do?’; ‘What will happen?’; ‘What does the future hold?’ Asking these questions we may forget that, with very few exceptions, we can do anything, anything could happen and the future is a mystery. Asking…
You already know that I don’t set my goals by tinkering with the present but trace back my dreams; this way my goals are a compass helping me to follow the direction of my life. There are two main difficulties with this: one is that we have generally forgotten…
Another Friday and it is time for another brain teaser. Last week was very high pressure, high stress and high reward for me. After all this, I feel like thinking about the simple messages in life; the messages that we glean through the stories of childhood. I love children’s stories…
Do you want to master your wants? This is easy: you’ll have to work out you ‘protected wants’ by completing the exercise. I developed and completed this exercise about a year ago and it was meant to stop me lusting after things. Because where temptation is concerned I am like…
You already believe that what has an enormously positive effect on your money is learning to control your wants, not your needs. What you’d like to learn next is how to master your wants. In this blog post, I share with you an exercise for mastering your wants that I…