Comments on: 7 Secrets to Personal Finance Success

By: finanças

finanças — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:24:18 +0000

seem to be the best advice.nice artikel,although i’m just able to read it by google translate.

By: Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife

Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:45:00 +0000

Good tips! Thanks for posting on Life Lessons of a Military Wife Carnival #10!. Please be sure to stop by above and read all the other great articles!

By: Vinny

Vinny — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:45:19 +0000

I can’t remember the last time I wrote out a check either. All my stuff gets paid automatically every month.

By: ideal4investors

ideal4investors — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:03:34 +0000

I love paying my bills online. I can’t remember the last time I wrote an actual check. However, you have to be very careful about the time your payment is posted. In some cases, I have had to pay a late fee because the water company didn’t post my payment until the afternoon, etc. I would pay all bills one day early to avoid this.

By: Larry Hopkins

Larry Hopkins — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:31:22 +0000

Good preface to a Sophomore High School Consumer Economics course. All the suggestions were sophomoric, except for the advice to use online banking.

By: Nick G

Nick G — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:35:53 +0000

I am voting for tip number 2 also. Staying proactive in your finances will save you a lot of worrying in the future. You need to have money put away in cases of emergency or you will be paying for it (in the form of interest) in the future.

By: fathersez

fathersez — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:57:47 +0000

Good list. I join Hank and ChristianPF in rooting for Tips 1 and 2. These tips will give us a direction and purpose and if that direction is right, eventually the longest and toughest journey will come to an end.

Regards

By: hank

hank — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:26:51 +0000

I am voting for tip number 2. If you aren’t proactive nothing will get done. I work in a business where reactive just doesn’t work in getting ANYTHING done. Take charge and you’ll go far… Good post!

By: ChristianPF

ChristianPF — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:15:17 +0000

I like the first one – getting organized in your financial life and every other area is one of the most important steps to succeeding…

By: Dan S.

Dan S. — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:28:34 +0000

Good tips. I agree with Tom. You will never “get behind” on bills if you don’t buy something you can’t afford (i.e. pay for it). Our definition of “afford” in this culture has unfortunately shifted from “paying cash at time of purchase” to “being able to make the monthly payment”. It’s sad really. STICK TO a weekly WRITTEN budget, tell your kids “No” more, have a good 6-month emergency fund, learn to find pleasure in other ways than buying “stuff”, and be faithful to God and you will prosper. You may not have the fanciest car on the block but you will be the only one who actually OWNS it!

By: Cash The Checks

Cash The Checks — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:57:38 +0000

Paying your bills online is a great tip. I don’t waste time anymore with finding bills, writing checks and sending mail. I just set it up for automatic payments and forget about it.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:57:48 +0000

I think #3 is most important. The key to not falling behind is not buying what you can’t afford. If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it. Other than a house or education very few things are worth going in debt for. Especially credit card debt.