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Monthly Archives: September 2007
How much is too much house?
Earlier this week I mentioned that one of the most often ways people get themselves into a struggling financial situation is they allow their car payments or house payments to be larger than what they can afford. If you did … Continue reading
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The Planning Process
Having a plan is the most basic core principle that I try to teach. If you strip back all the practical application, all of the “theology of money,” all stories or illustrations, I am basically saying to have a plan. … Continue reading
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Never Have a Car Payment
If you have a car payment, you need to get rid of it. As a philosophy of mine I try to avoid anything that requires a recurring monthly payment. I understand some things are inevitable but I want to stress … Continue reading
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Signs your financial System are Working
I wanted to offer up some encouragement to all who I have not had the pleasure of speaking with in person or through e-mail. I have heard really AWESOME things about people making commitments to handle their money wiser. This … Continue reading
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The Unexpected
In everything in life we must account for the unexpected. I would call it foolish to not do this. Most times when we have an emergency it is a major life changing event. However, when we have not set ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Planning, Saving, Scripture
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Technical Difficulties
I apologize for the inconvenience but www.chriskakaras.com will be down this week due to a domain transfer. I have been meaning to do this for some time and unfortunately this wait time was inevitable. www.chriskakaras.com will be up and running … Continue reading
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Budget Time
It is getting to be that time of month. About a week before the month is over I put my financial outlook together and start budgeting for next month. A basic process of what is do is: 1.) Update all … Continue reading
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Associated Content
If you have never heard of this site it might be something worth checking out. www.associatedcontent.com is a online publication that buys articles that you write. I have submitted 4 and all have gotten me between $3 and $4, and … Continue reading
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The Breakthrough Cont’d
If you did not read yesterdays post from Jim Collins’ book “Good To Great” please check it out before you continue with this one. In that illustration (known as the flywheel concept) you are using a ton of force and … Continue reading
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The Breakthrough
This illustration comes from Jim Collins’ book Good to Great. I will connect this illustration to where I am going with it tomorrow. Picture a huge, heavy flywheel – a massive metal disk mounted horizontally on an axle, about 30 … Continue reading
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