Hi professor, Congrats on your debt free journey!! That must be great feelings to have. I’m curious about what’s your method to pay off the debts. We have student loans and credit card debts (no car loans thank god). I want to pay off our […]
Category: Get Control of Your Money
Midterm Rehab Secret 9: Your Time, Money, and Career are Linked
“It’ll be better when I’m done.” This was my mantra during grad school. Every time I was stuck at the lab until midnight. Every time I had trouble paying the bills. Every time I watched a friend in “the real world” get promoted. I had […]
Midterm Rehab Secret 8: You Can Control an Irregular Income
I was terrible with money for most of my college career. One of the excuses I made for myself was that I didn’t have a regular income. How could I be expected to stick to a plan when my paychecks varied dramatically month to month? […]
Midterm Rehab Secret 5: You Can’t Afford to Wait to Make a Plan
I want to help students live their lives on purpose, by getting control of their time, money, and careers. I want to help them live good stories. Why? Because I faced crises in each of these areas and found no one who could help. There’s […]
Midterm Rehab Secret 4: Budgeting Gives You Freedom, Not Restriction
“No.” It doesn’t matter whether we are fourteen months, fourteen years, or even older. We hate the word “no.” We don’t want to be told it. We don’t want to tell it to people. We certainly don’t enjoy saying it to ourselves. And that’s what […]
Just Keep Swimming
Nothing works the way we hoped it would. Nothing. Why? Because we can never enter a new situation with perfect knowledge or expectations. We go through a couple stages when things go “differently.” At the first sign that something is awry, we cling to our […]
Ohhhh, We’re Halfway There…
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned came from my wife: if you’re at work, work; if you’re on break, break! Even relaxing takes focus. We’ve been on Spring Break, which is why things were quiet. I haven’t checked my email in 10 days. […]
I Mean It: College Doesn’t Have to be Stressful!
We’re getting dangerously close to the midpoint of the semester. Now is the time that exams start stacking up, homework seems to never end, and professors start assigning projects. Your student groups are in full swing. You’re supposed to be finding an internship/job for the […]
College’s Best Kept Secret
We’re in Week 5, already finished with one third of the semester! We’ve passed through the “honeymoon” phase of newness and excitement over the unknown. We’re done with the first big grind of homework and quizzes. Midterms loom. How are you doing? Think back to […]
You, Inc. (Prep Week Day 5 of 5)
Today is all about mindset. We’ve spent this #IntentionalPrep week clearing out everything that had our attention last year, and planning our time for the year ahead. Today we’re going to tie this together with a critical concept: You are a small business owner. We’ve […]
