Lessons Archive

  • 10 Money Lessons

    Tweet Be patient. Thousands of dollars doesn’t accumulate overnight, it takes persistence. Focus on how your money works for you. …not for anyone else. Don’t worry about fancy money terms or that you  don’t understand something. Just start with: I earn this amount of money […]

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  • What was your money situation like when you were growing up and how did it affect you?

    Tweet When I was growing up, our money situation was strange. My dad worked part-time and my mom didn’t work, but we were squarely middle-class. See, my father won the lottery when I was very young, before the age of 3, and then he semi-retired […]

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  • The Dead Cow Lecture

    Tweet My uncle sent me a hilarious story that makes you laugh AND teaches you a good lesson. THE DEAD COW LECTURE First-year students at the OSU Vet School were attending their first anatomy class with a real dead cow. They all gathered around the […]

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  • How to achieve lasting wealth

    Tweet Here are my own personal 10-points to build lasting wealth not only for myself, but for my future kids. Spend less than what you earn (and save the rest) Save at least 10% of your gross income each year Have an emergency fund of […]

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