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How To Give Yourself A Raise In ANY Economy

Recently I made a guest post on Adam Baker's brilliant site, "ManvsDebt" and was overwhelmed with the amount of positive support his readers gave me – reaching a massive milestone in my life.
I became 100% debt free (giving myself an approximate $350/month raise).
So what's the easiest most effective way to give your own self a [...:]

UNborify

I don't care if you sell Cadillacs or widgets – UNborify.
Here are some ideas on how to do this… for you OR your business:
Delete "Business Casual Fridays" and  start doing "Taco Tuesday's" where everyone dresses like a Taco instead.
Sell your car – ride a bike to work instead.
Take the day off just because it's [...:]

Avoiding The Sumo Death Grip

Ok…  here is what I call, "The Sumo Death Grip."
Working a job because you need some kind of money coming in but it's REALLY not you and "because of the economy" you work just as hard there as anywhere else. Where does this lead?
It leads to being drained beyond belief that you don't have [...:]

Forget The New Years Resolution: Start A New Years REVOLUTION

A "revolution" is started when one person says to themselves "enough is enough."  It's not a "resolution" where someone resolves to get in shape… quits smoking… or starts eating healthy.  It happens when someone steps out in a BIG way from where they currently are. It's a pact they make to themselves – never going [...:]

Top Ten Things To Cleanse Yourself Of In 2010

1 – The credit cards.
Listen you really don't need things you can't afford to pay cash with – that's sooo 2009!
Excluding a home mortgage that is 25% of your TAKE HOME pay (thanks to www.daveramsey.com)…  tell the banks to go to hell!
2 – Your car payment.
Watch this video break it down.
Me personally?  I've [...:]

Surviving Holiday Stress: A Hidden Meaning.

Situations are just situations UNTIL you give it meaning.  Right?  So stop giving yourself unnecessary stress over the meaning you're giving things.

It's the holidays for crying out loud.
Think about it.  Bills have no emotions.  Gifts have no emotions.  Sitting in traffic has no emotions.  Shopping in crowded malls has no emotions.
It's just a situation [...:]

No Time? How To Make More: New Tips On Time Management

If your home was on fire, no matter how busy you are… wouldn't you make time to do something about it?
So it's a bit of an illusion – this "I have no time" syndrome.
In short, we make time for things that we feel are important in our lives.  The problem lies when everything becomes "important." [...:]

Tips For Selling Yourself On YOU

It's not an easy thing to do – sell yourself on you.  However, it's probably one of the most crucial things you can do.  ESPECIALLY "in times like these."
Why?
If you're NOT selling yourself on you, then someone else is selling you on their PLAN for you.  And that my friends, is usually… never a good [...:]

Welcome To My New Web Site

I just wanted to welcome you to my new web site in a more formal way (through the video below). I also have a surprise guest that wants to say, "hello" to you – towards the end.
She is quite a treat.



And for those who don't want to pay or CAN'T afford to pay for [...:]

Coming Out of The Closet You Put Yourself In

I would say that one of the most difficult things to do, is to finally admit to yourself who you really are. Despite what your family thinks. Despite the money you may or may not make. Despite the fact that you might lose all of your friends. Despite the fact that [...:]