Fearless Money

I first read about “the phenomenon” from Dan Kennedy’s book “No B.S. Wealth Attraction for Entrepreneurs”.

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When I initially started my family’s trek toward wealth, I was a follower of Dave Ramsey. I still think he is a good kick in the butt for people who repeat that garbage myth “Everyone in America has credit card debt. It is normal and OK.”However, I’ve really outgrown him. I think he is wrong in his insistence that debt can never be used as a tool.

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Reading an article at Stake Ventures brought on the fever. I so want to live out of the country for a while.Actually, I should say “we”, since my wife completely shares this goal with me.

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This is the fourth edition of my “Virtual Coffee Table”, a tradition I began observing in February. Every month I take a shot of the books I am actively reading or have started and finished reading in the last month.

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Why am I working at my job? What am I getting out of it? Asking myself these questions and coming to a firm conclusion has made a night and day turnaround in my attitude.
The Turning Point
On Monday this week (being late to work), I was picking up a bunk-bed for my girls. […]

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Hey, it has been over a year and my family is still going strong on our budget!
I just realized that we started keeping a formal budget last June. What a difference a year makes. A year ago, we were still operating on the “quick check method”. You know what I mean:
“Bunny, do […]

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We got back from vacation last week, and plunged back into our normal lives. That was the last long road trip I think I’ll ever take.
Not that the kids were bad, they were astonishingly good for being cramped up in a van for five days. It is simply that 1) I hate driving. […]

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I’m going to wrap up the prosperity game now at two weeks. I’m simply getting too uncomfortable doing it.
I do think it had the desired effect, which was to raise my expectation and “set-point” level with money, so it was worth it. If I do it again, I think I’ll do […]

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On the last day of the second week of the Prosperity Game. I’m almost halfway done, and I definitely feeling stretched. I’m being forced to think bigger about money than I ever have before.
Day 13 - $20,000
Depositing $20,000 into the First Dream Bank, I think I’ll finish out my contractor’s trifecta and have him […]

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On the 12th day of Prosperity, I’m having to get really creative to spend all that money.
What a happy problem, to have to stretch to think of good uses for the abundance.
Day 12 - $18,000
With contractors swarming on my house from my previous expenditures, I’ll continue the theme and pay good ol’ Ed to remodel […]

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