by Adam Carroll | May 7, 2018 | Get Help With Savings, Make Money
“The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many...
by Adam Carroll | Mar 28, 2018 | Get Help With Savings, Make Money
I’ve been intrigued lately by the question: How much of your income do you own? The most logical answer, it seems to me, would be “well, all of it, of course. It’s MY income”. In fact, I asked a handful of working adults that are part of an informal focus group of...
by Adam Carroll | Feb 13, 2018 | Get Help With Savings, Make Money
I’m always hyper aware of books that are mentioned around me. To the extent that I keep a running list of books that I need to read, often putting them in my wishlist on Amazon. When the same titles are mentioned again and again, I take that as a sign that it deserves...
by Adam Carroll | Feb 6, 2018 | All, Grab Bag, Make Money
While I, myself, am not always the most frugal shopper (coupons aren’t really my thing and I tend to buy what I want instead of waiting for it to go on sale), my wife is an incredibly frugal person who knows how to work every angle and snag every discount possible. So...
by Adam Carroll | Jan 17, 2018 | All, Make Money
The reason I started the MasteryOfMoney.com blog in the first place is I once heard everyone should be pursuing mastery in something. Since “money ranks right up there with oxygen on the need to have it scale”, why not pursue the mastery of money? (Quote credit to Zig...
by Adam Carroll | Dec 11, 2017 | All, Make Money
In late 2007, someone referred a book to me that they considered “right up my alley.” The book was The Four Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss. My initial response was, “no possible way” as there is no question I was working WAY more than four hours a week and couldn’t...
