General Personal Finance Blog

Who would have thought that one of my favorite employees resigning would be one of the best leadership lessons of my career? Not me, but it gave me the opportunity to overcome a challenge that would eventually lead to me quadrupling profits and selling my business!

Let me explain.

I started my small business fresh out of college in 1991 at the age of 23.

Other than a three-month gig, I had never really worked for anyone or had a formal job. I’ve been self-employed my entire life, and for the most part, the leadership lessons I’ve learned over the years was through “on-the-job” training.

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Nothing gets the adrenaline going like talking about, wait for it, personal finance tips! What a great discussion topic, especially for the holidays. Second only to talking politics.

Sarcasm aside… talking personal finances should be more commonplace. Maybe less of us would be in credit card debt, or using low interest savings accounts, or not investing at all, if we just opened up and talked finances once in awhile.

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There’s no shortage of apps to make money these days. And given that 96% of Americans now own smartphones, you are primed and ready to start doing just that! But despite all the money-making methods out there, some are decidedly better than others.

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Most of you have probably heard of the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement (if not, don’t worry, we’ll explain shortly). Those of you who have heard of FIRE, you likely have a strong opinion on it – one way or the other.

But, whether you agree with the FIRE movement or not, I think there are important lessons that we can all agree on.

Well, at least I think that… I’m sure some of you will disagree with one or more of my 10 lessons from the FIRE movement below, but let’s find out. If any of these supposed lessons get you fired up (…couldn’t resist), let’s duke it out in the comments!

But first, here’s a quick primer on the FIRE movement so that we’re all on the same page.

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