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Pay Per Hour Worked

Today I’m continuing with my series on personal finance tips, inspired by this post over at The Simple Dollar: 60 Simple Rules of Personal Finance. I’ve already talked about keeping it simple and spending less than you earn. Today, it’s all about knowing what your pay per hour worked is. This has been on my mind lately for 2 reasons: 1. I’m writing a book called, “The Wealthy English Teacher” and there’s a chapter about…

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Top 5 Ways to: Keep it Simple, Stupid

Inspired by a post, 60 Rules of Personal Finance over at The Simple Dollar, I’m continuing my own series of personal finance rules to live by. The first rule I talked about was: “Spend Less Than You Earn” and this one is, “Keep It Simple, Stupid” (the KISS principle).  Here are my top 5 ways to do that: 1. Automate Bills and Investments. Paying the bills and contributing money to retirement and savings accounts can…

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Spend Less Than You Earn

I ran across this article, 60 Simple Rules of Personal Finance over at The Simple Dollar the other day and thought I would do a series, talking about some of my favorite points. Spend Less Than You Earn This is probably my favorite personal finance tip of all time and if you do only this, and nothing else for your entire life, you’ll probably retire rich, or at least comfortably. I’m currently writing a book…

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