Can Style and Positive Cash Flow Go Hand in Hand?

Have Style AND Cash Flow!

As much as we want to grow our money, we all want to be surrounded with things we love, both in our homes, as well as in our closets. It may seem as though this principle could interfere with the important step of creating positive cash flow in order to save money. However, by shifting your mindset to one of “savvy smart spending”, you’ll gain the ability to live a life filled with those things you cherish, while also using your money wisely. Recently a panel of three very impressive IBM executives presented at the Texas State Applied Entrepreneurship program in which I am … [Read more...]

I Can’t Afford It!

My son recently wanted to buy a Playstation with all sorts of extras. The “bundle” (as he called it) was too good to be true; it was completely irresistible. What I love about this story is that he did not say to himself: “I cannot afford it”; he asked “How can I buy it”? He calculated how many hours he needed to work in our businesses to buy the Playstation, and then worked 12 hours in a 24 hour period to make it happen before the sale ended. What do you do when you see something you want that is not in your spending plan right now? Do you say “I cannot afford it”? Or, do … [Read more...]