Month: November 2010

By: Roshawn Watson For those who celebrated Thanksgiving last week, I hope that you had a wonderful holiday. I recently was listening to a charity organization discuss how in one of the areas they work, the family matriarchs walk several miles each morning to get fresh water. The story instantly increased my gratitude. It’s amazing… Continue reading Thanksgiving, Kardashian Kard, Lottery Round Up and Uncommon Money News

By: Roshawn Watson Just yesterday, I heard a prosperous (understatement) businessman say that he didn’t believe that the rich got richer and the poor got poorer because everyone has the same opportunities to move between classes, so the poor can become rich and the rich can become poor. In his opinion, money is quite dynamic.… Continue reading The Rich Get Richer

By: Roshawn Watson Today I am honored to host the Yakezie Personal Finance Carnival. Thanks to all who sent  me your best stuff! For the uninitiated, Yakezie primarily consists of a network of personal finance bloggers with a deep commitment to helping each other reach traffic and other blog-related goals. Additionally, the Yakezie Scholarship is… Continue reading Yakezie Personal Finance Carnival: Dream Edition

By: Roshawn Watson Reflection is mental concentration. Sometimes the insights one gains by reflecting can be the difference between obtaining your breakthrough and languishing in failure. It’s easy to continue repeating the same mistakes if you never learn from them. However, suppose you could turn back the years and were eighteen again. Would you leave… Continue reading What Are Your Financial Regrets?

By: Roshawn Watson I recently saw the rapper 50 cent (well pictures of him at least) playing around with $500,000 without a care in the world (link below in Entertainment Money News). Some may feel I should have been angry like many of the commenters on the site, but to be honest I’m rather ambivalent.… Continue reading 7 Step Guide to Financial Peace and Flashin’ Money Round Up

By: Roshawn Watson If you earn the median income in the U.S., you will earn in excess of $2 million during your working lifetime. Will you have any wealth to show for it? One way to ensure that you don’t waste your lifetime income is by paying yourself first.1Employing this simple principle can revolutionize your… Continue reading Do You Save Instead of Paying Debt?

By: Roshawn Watson Although it may not be intuitively obvious, a financial backbone is important to your wealth. It is typically challenging to prosper or stay prosperous while everyone has their hands in your wallet. We are constantly under siege with every conceivable opportunity to spend money. Additionally, just because you have something doesn’t obligate… Continue reading Financial Backbone Round Up and Uncommon Money News