Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
fading
It costs little to keep email, but that doesn’t mean you should keep millions of messages for years and years.
syncofout
If you are looking for a way to spend money that you haven’t earned yet, there is a disconnect.
analyze to impress
If it feels important to impress anyone, get specific about it. Who do you want to impress? When is it important to make an impression? What kind of impression do you want to make? What reaction are you hoping for? What are the various ways you might create that impression and get that reaction? Among the alternatives, which comes most easily and naturally to you?
hold
Until you start measuring your financial strength, you will always be tempted to spend whatever money you happen to have.
pay now
If you can schedule bill payments the day they come in, the time you save is about 1 hour per week.
paid message
The people you see in advertisements are people paid to appear in an advertisement. They are not meant to be a true reflection of anything outside the frame of the advertisement.
ship comes in
For the true cost of a purchase, include the costs of getting the item home and of disposing of it at the end of its useful life.
megaphones
If you don’t have an idea of what your life is about, you will tend to pick up the ideas of the loudest voices around you.
timelines
Imagine what you would choose to do if:
- You had unlimited money but limited time.
- You had unlimited time but limited resources.
- You knew you could not fail using the time and resources you have already.
repair bill
For many common manufactured products, the cost of a routine repair exceeds the cost of manufacturing a replacement.
market price
When you want to sell something, it doesn’t matter how much you paid for it. What matters is how much the next buyer might be willing to pay.
make room
If it seems that you are buying too many things, but you are not spending much money, it could simply be that you are neglecting to throw away the things that your new purchases replace.
winner
If you feel the need to create the feeling that you are getting a good deal, find a way to do so that does not require spending much money.
save save save
If you could buy only the stuff you would actually use, you would save so much money it would be like the best sale ever.
shop up
When you go shopping, the objective is not to buy more of the same. Consider only items that represent an obvious improvement over the things you have already.
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