Start before you’re ready

You’ve probably heard this saying:How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. While I do not condone eating elephants, it puts me in mind of my fifth truth: Small steps can build empires.Consistency compounds. So often we want perfection.We want to understand everything before we begin.We don’t want to get it wrong. […]
Who told you it was complicated?

My second truth is one that gets me a little riled up, so forgive me if I sound snippy: Managing money doesn’t have to be complicated. Or boring. If your budget makes you yawn, you’re doing it wrong. Here comes my mini-rant: Knowledge has been gatekept to keep you paying the “experts”. Hedge funds. Derivatives. […]