Getting the pieces of your Financial Life Planning Puzzle together will help you see the big picture. The beauty of your plan is that it doesn’t matter how much money you make. Whether you bring home $20,000 or $200,000 a year, you can ensure that today’s—as well as tomorrow’s—needs are met.
The automatic graduate from high-school and go to college approach has become stale and unproductive for a large portion of students. Today life after high school needs to include the importance of gap years, bridge programs, on-the-job training, internships and attending community college before attending college.
This is NOT FAKE NEWS.
There is no magical pill that you can take to solve this problem and it is not the medical community’s responsibility.
It is time you put down that “Diet Drink” and focused on yourself.
Security has changed dramatically since the 1960’s as has our ability to transact business instantaneously on the internet and our smart-phone.
We can check a balance in our checking accounts, transfer money and order a new item from Amazon all while sitting in the carpool line. Keeping your financial data secure requires more than a three-foot stick to keep the hackers out of your financial life.
Contrary to what you have been told, having a degree does not ensure your financial success in the future.
Today, roughly 10,000 Boomers exit the workforce every day, which should present an opportunity in and of itself for Millennials to backfill the depleting workforce. Census data tell a different story. In 2016, median personal income for workers aged 24 to 34 was $35,000. In modern dollar terms, that same age cohort was earning $37,000 in 1975.
These are my 4 books for Summer 2017. I hope you enjoy your summer and would enjoy knowing what you are reading.