6 Ways to Run Your Household Like a Business
This blog post was originally published on 8/2/2012. I had blogged for about three weeks. It is still relevant. Enjoy. We all want to make money, right? Most businesses need to make money or they go...
View ArticleMaking a Pizza is Like Building a Financial Plan (Sort of)
This post was originally published on 9/20/2013. Enjoy! What does making a pizza and building a personal financial plan have in common? It’s the step by step process. if you don’t follow the correct...
View ArticleGetting Back to Basics with Personal Finance
Personal finance is one of my passions. Over the past two months, I have been extremely busy with my two other passions (CrossFit and Healthcare Leadership) that I began to get distracted from writing...
View ArticlePersonal Financial Problems: Use a Financial Coach to Manage the Crisis
Behind on your bills? Are debt collectors calling? Are you facing foreclosure or possibly bankruptcy? Maybe this doesn’t apply to you, but you may know a family who is. Personal financial problems can...
View Article5 Simple Steps to Build a Financial Plan, Brick by Brick
If you were going to build a house, could you do it overnight? Could you speed up the process by skipping a wall or two just to get the house completed? The answer to these questions is probably not....
View Article4 Financial Coaching Packages to Meet Your Needs
We all need financial guidance or coaching whether it is from a trained professional or by learning through a book or magazine. However, not everyone needs the same advice. At Everyday Financial...
View ArticleFinancial Planning: Why you need these 17 components (Part 1)
This is a post originally published on 10/8/2012. Financial planning requires diligence. If you want to reduce risk and have a solid financial plan, than you need these 17 components. I will cover...
View ArticleThe Zero Based System is the Only Way to Budget
Follow @robertjacobs01 Wouldn’t it be great if congress had a balanced budget? A balanced budget means income minus outgo equals zero. Another term for a balanced budget is zero based. Although...
View ArticleReviewing Your Personal Financial Statements
In the world of personal finance, personal financial statements are a great tool for any financial planner, financial advisor, or client for assessing a person or family’s financial status. There is a...
View ArticleBuild a Cash Flow Management Plan in 30 days (That Works) Part 1
Who manages your cash flow? Are you really in charge of it? How do you know? You really don’t unless you actually create one and implement it. Cash flow management is not a theory, it is real life...
View ArticleBuild a Cash Flow Management Plan in 30 days (That Works) Part 2
Last week, I started a series on how to build a cash flow management plan in 30 days (or so). Creating such a plan for your personal finances does not happen over night. Especially if you have never...
View ArticleBuild a Cash Flow Management Plan in 30 days (That Works) Part 3
This week’s post focuses on the third step (part 3) on how to build a cash flow management plan. Organizing your budget categories is the precursor for laying out your budget on paper. In the past two...
View ArticleBuild a Cash Flow Management Plan in 30 days (That Works) Part 4
Making your cash management plan balance to ZERO (goal setting) is the next step in building a cash flow management plan in 30 days. This can be done after you have followed these steps: Determine why...
View ArticleBuild a Cash Flow Management Plan in 30 days (That Works) Part 5
Having a purpose, gathering data, organizing, and balancing your budget are necessary steps in building a cash flow management plan. Now, we get to the last step; implementation and tracking your...
View Article4 Constant Corrections YOU MUST MAKE in your financial plan
Whether you are out of debt and in the process of building wealth OR you are just starting out on a financial plan, there will always be the need to constantly make corrections. A well constructed...
View ArticleBudget like the government and you will end up broke
Do you believe in the new budget President Obama recently proposed? Does that say something about how you budget your money? If you budget your money how the President plans to do so, then you will end...
View ArticleThree familiar financial problems, Which do you want to overcome?
What are your financial problems or challenges? Which one of these bugaboos are preventing you from winning with money? As a financial coach, I have encountered many different issues and challenges...
View Article10 Steps to Financial Freedom
Financial freedom sounds as easy as losing a hundred pounds. But, both can be accomplished if done step by step. Following ten simple steps will get you to financial independence. As a financial coach...
View ArticleHow to Make Financial Planning Goals
How do successful business people make things happen? How do successful athletes make things happen? How to successful leaders make things happen? The answer is goal setting. Success I could go on and...
View ArticleTalking Budgeting on the Radio
Every now and then I get the chance to talk about personal finance on the radio. On Monday, April 13th, I was on a show called “Dollars and Common Sense” hosted by Neal Clemens on the Ohio based “The...
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