The topic of money can be something that your parents told you to never discuss, along with religion and politics. However, probably the best thing you can do for yourself is talk about it with people that can give you good sound advice.
My grandfather once told my grandmother that he would have to sell another piece of real estate to pay for her $1.98 hat. Many generations ago that used to be the case, but in today’s world, we as consumers feel entitled to all kinds of luxuries that our ancestors had never even imagined.
Life today is abundant with electronics that never existed 40 years ago and now people think they absolutely must have. Not “want to have,” but have to have. We are constantly bombarded with more ways to spend money. Television commercials inspire us to spend. Magazine ads tempt us to spend. Every where you look, whether it be billboards, digital billboards, telemarketers or your favorite MLM guru that happens to live down the street from you, you are TEMPTED to spend.
The two most important questions that you could ask yourself might be, how much money have you saved and how much money have you invested this year.
The way you manage the money you make can put you on easy street or put you out on the street. Decide today that you want your money to work for you and not against you.
Take the art of money management seriously and you have put yourself in a favorable position.
Humorous quotes about money:
- The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. ~Frank Hubbard
- I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. ~Mark Twain
- The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money. ~Author Unknown
- I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money. ~Pablo Picasso
- Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing
- A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it. ~Bob Hope