I love Halloween. The trick or treating, the costumes, the jack ‘o lanterns, the scary movies. …I love a good spooky Halloween movie… What could be scarier than the spine-tingling sensation of horror films? Perhaps…could it be...managing your money?
I will be hosting a weekly radio show based on the premise that for the last 25 years, Americans have been sold a destructive system of personal money management—a system that never worked and never will. It's time for an approach that works. It’s time to spend smart, invest successfully and live the life you want. That’s Money Smart Radio.
You can do four things right now to feel confident that you are on the right track to have success with money and create financial freedom.
You can achieve financial freedom, but you need a plan and to be money smart in how you spend, save and invest your money. My aim through Money Smart is to support you along the way with financial education, financial advice and financial coaching.
The bigger picture is a monumental tug of war between the huge, unresolved, real world problems our economy is facing and the self-serving "things are good" spin from the financial services industry and, until now, from our government. We are facing huge unresolved economic problems that have been building for 15+ years and that our government cannot solve- problems with jobs, housing, burdensome government regulation and mountains of consumer, corporate, and government debt that must be wrung out, and painfully, in the real world. News like today's should be taken as a reminder and a motivator to put your own financial house in order.
The money saving tips I offer here are a recipe for simplifying your life, which can offer great rewards. I encourage you to think big and consider taking some major steps to save big money while enjoying a simpler lifestyle. These money saving tips are from the money book, Money Smart by Ted Hunter who is not your typical money management expert.
