Success Principles We Can Learn From American Idol

June 24, 2010 Money
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I admit it, I am a big fan of American Idol. And I know I’m not alone, as well over half of our church congregation raised their hands during the sermon last Sunday when asked if they watch the show. My kids say I should be the new judge to replace Simon Cowell on American [...]

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Are You Speculating, Gambling, or Investing Your Money?

June 18, 2010 Gambling
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Are you speculating, gambling, or investing your money?  Do you know the difference? Is it possible you could be speculating and/or gambling with your money, and calling it investing?  You bet it is. Although there are many definitions and disagreements as to what speculating and gambling are, there are some clear signs you are speculating [...]

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Things I Wish I Knew Before I Got Married – Part 2

June 10, 2010 Marriage
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Wow – my son’s wedding has really brought back the memories.  I could go on for a really long time on this topic, but here are some more highlights of things I really wish we had known before we got married! Emergency Fund    I know I talk about emergency funds a lot.  And I [...]

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Things I Wish I Knew Before I Got Married – Part 1

June 4, 2010 Marriage
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 I’ve been  in wedding mode recently, as my son Jake got married last weekend (YAY, another daughter in the family!).   I started thinking about all the things we didn’t know before we got married, and just couldn’t resist being the Financial Mom today. Here are some things I sure wish I had known before I got married: How to Cook Now women, don’t [...]

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How Women Build a Multimillion Dollar Business

May 21, 2010 Business
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What does it take for a woman to build a multimillion dollar business?  Mary Cantando knows, as she helps women cultivate business with large corporations through Woman Business Owner. Mary’s mission is to help women build multimillion dollar businesses.  Sounds like way too fun to me . Mary was my guest on Intelligent Investing radio in [...]

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Excuses Women (and Men) Give For Not Investing – Part 3

May 12, 2010 Financial Plan
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I’m not good with numbers – how many times have I heard that as an excuse not to invest?     You do not need complex algorithms to make a good financial decision.  Would it be possible you could learn to love numbers as you watch your investments grow over time?  Here are some more famous excuses for not investing: Social [...]

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Excuses Women (and Men) Give For Not Investing – Part 2

May 11, 2010 Financial Plan
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Here’s an excuse for not investing I have heard a lot at this time of year (and actually all through summer): I am very busy in my garden right now . . . .  Right now can last from April to November – from when the ground thaws until the ground freezes again.  (Not that [...]

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A Note on Being Grateful

April 22, 2010 Radio
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Last November I joined a small group of women with a vision to provide a full week of women’s radio programming on the internet.  With no radio experience whatsoever, I was a bit apprehensive, but just decided to go for it since it seemed an excellent opportunity. Our group of Her Insight radio hosts has [...]

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Excuses Women (and Men) Give for Not Investing – Part 1

April 16, 2010 Debt
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We know exercise is good for us.  Yet we come up with all kinds of excuses not to do it.  We also instinctively know investing is a good idea, and we still manage to give many excuses for not being an investor.   Let’s take a look at some of the more common excuses.  Some are [...]

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Lessons Women Learned During Financial Meltdown

April 8, 2010 Debt
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Ok, I had to go with the melting snow picture, because it is snowing/melting here today (welcome to spring in Wisconsin, where you need a  rain coat/winter coat, shovel/umbrella,  jeans/shorts,  fleece/t-shirts,  all in the same hour/day).  As we seem to be coming out of the financial meltdown, I thought it would be good to share some [...]

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