Category: Money

There is one secret that almost every rich person knows. This secret is very important because it’s the reason they are rich in the first place. This big secret can be summed up in the words of the mighty Aristotle...

So what do the rich do every day that the poor don’t do?

Thanks to online platforms, it is now possible for anyone to transform their passion and hobby into a lucrative career.

In the wake of the financial crisis, Dumbarton mum Kareen Buttle found her old line of work tougher and tougher. Then her daughter gave her a new idea...

With that in mind, I’ve reached out to some experts to curate a list of 11 more offbeat life hacks that can help your bottom line. These are small adjustments and none will make you rich. But combined, they can save you a pretty penny.

What Goethe can teach us about cultivating a healthy relationship with our finances.

“The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.”

Below are some notes on a handful of my favorite investing books. To make things more interesting, I'm leaving off those books widely considered as part of the canon. So you won't find anything by Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Seth Klarman or Joel Greenblatt, for example.

In early 2009, I was invited to a meeting with Michael Rubin, the CEO of GSI Commerce (which later became eBay Enterprise) at their Philadelphia-based company headquarters. eBay Enterprise was interested in the possible purchase of my Internet marketing company Pepperjam.

Then, something really cool happened. Other bloggers started paying their guest posters, too. Some were inspired directly by Carol, and some blog owners just decided on their own that great content was worth paying for. So Carol gathered a list of those blogs as a resource for her readers.

Tracey C. Jones talks about the importance of embracing the negative Reality as part of the "Seasons of Leadership" series at the Charlie "T" Jones Conference Center in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Visit the events section at http://www.TremendousLifeBooks.com for more information and to attend our next event!

In fact, most designers have more ideas than they know what to do with. Yet, most jealously hide their ideas, paranoid that someone will “steal” them and do something that will undermine their own fame as a designer. We’re going to explore some important reasons why it’s stupid to worry about or people potentially stealing your ideas.

Want to be remarkably successful? Want to get really rich? (While there are many ways to feel "rich," in this case we're talking about monetary wealth.) Then check out this little gem of an investment opportunity.

After two decades as a trader, Ford credits his serenity to experience -- and to the 20 minutes he spends in his pajamas each morning repeating a meaningless mantra bestowed on him by a teacher of Transcendental Meditation two years ago.

Members of the business community were asked if there were any other sayings they hear around the boardroom (or the water cooler or the neighboring desk) that they found particularly egregious. They were only too happy to chime in, and CNBC.com e-mail inboxes overflowed with responses.

Who wants to under promise? That sounds terrible. Shouldn’t we just over promise and do what we can—it’s the effort that counts, right?

Still, the focusing illusion is quite powerful and it can really convince people that they need things that they don't really need at all. Look for that illusion in your own life and, if you see it, quash it. It mostly just costs you money.

One of the hardest things for most entrepreneurs to know is how hard to push in situations where people tell you no.

A year ago, 21-year-old Ben Cardwell was working part-time at a gas station and trying to finish his master's degree.

In this video we discuss what the leaders of tomorrow need to do to triple their income.

I have been making the case for Valuation-Informed Indexing (the model for understanding how stock investing works rooted in the research of Yale Economics Professor Robert Shiller) for 12 years now.

Peter Rummell, the former chairman of Disney's Imagineers, shares inside stories and secrets about how Disney's teams work together to make magic happen again and again.

So today, as part of our goal to create a better financial life for you this year, I challenge you to be more behave like the financially successfully by busting open a few myths you may have ingrained into your mind -- probably from too much exposure to pop culture over the years.

Bloomberg asked three typography wonks which typefaces make a curriculum vitae look classiest, which should never, ever be seen by an employer, and whether emojis are fair game.

Question: What is one major challenge I should be aware of before manufacturing my product abroad?

Dan Peña, the 50 Billion Dollar Man, explains why most people are poor and why they remain poor because of society's conventional wisdom.

J.F (Jim) Straw — the “500 Million Dollar Man” — will teach you how you can achieve any goal in his #1 best selling book. Get it now!

Meditation, like yoga before it, has been fully assimilated into corporate America. Aetna, General Mills, and Goldman Sachs all offer their employees free in-office meditation training.

Like most broke university students, Steve Siebold wanted to get rich. But unlike most college kids, he did something about it.

They use their time a little more wisely—because they realize if they want to be successful, they have to go do something about it. Follow their lead and you can become more productive, too… even on a Saturday.

Remember the saying, "Buy the rumor, sell the news"?

Here are the 13 books most frequently mentioned by those around the Street, from finance to fiction.

Barbara Corcoran built her fortune in real estate. Here, she tells us what makes a great salesperson.

Learn some lessons from noted speaker and author Guy Kawasaki on how to create a fantastic presentation. From The Art of the Start 2.0.

If you're making any of these mistakes in your life, it's likely that you'll just keep on struggling.

There was an interesting statistic recently on inc.com. It suggested that almost two-thirds of people under the age of 30 wanted to start their own business. Many people see business ownership as the best route to financial and career freedom, so it's no surprise that the number is so high.

Stacey Snider describes how she worked her way up from the mailroom (literally) to become a top Hollywood executive.

Good advice is still good advice. Even when it comes from rich dudes.

A Black Friday "deal" that made more sales by INCREASING the price by $5.

While you're still in bed, some folks are living the life.