Why Women Don’t Ask for Bigger Salaries
Although the wage gap between men and women has been widely publicized, it hasn’t narrowed much in a decade. In article, The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap (Spring 2015) the author says:...
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Help With Your Money Talk
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Lori R. Sackler, author of The M Word – The Money Talk every family needs to have about wealth and their financial future. When her book...
Why You Won’t Be Rich
One of my new favorite poems is from “My Wage,” The Door of Dreams, by Jessie B Ritenhouse: “I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged...
How Will You Be Different When You’re Rich?
You’ve worked hard, saved and invested and now you have more money than you ever imagined. Or, maybe you won the lottery or the IPO jackpot and are suddenly rich. Perhaps you are still...
The Anticipation Effect
When I was young (in the 1950’s), one of my favorite books was about a suburban Midwest family. In it the wife and husband have a chance conversation about taking a trip to Paris....
Women Need Economic Power
When I retired from my job as a manager in a national mid-cap company, I started my own business to develop web sites and blogs, write for them and create products to sell on...
How Expectations Influence Your Money Mind
Apologies in advance to my male readers, you may find this post uncomfortable. Both sexes have societal, familial and peer expectations inflicted on us from birth. Humans are kid of hard wired by eons...
The Downside of Wealth
You think “If I just had more money, everything would be OK”. Past a certain point, however, more money can be more trouble than fun. Being wealthy is not for the feint of heart....
Top Three Reasons Wealth Transfers Fail
Why is it that our ancestors didn’t figure out how to pass along their wealth to us? Here are my top three reasons they failed to do so.
Money and Power in your Relationship
Money = Power. Power = Control. Control = Happiness. Are these the formula’s that rule your life? Before the mid-nineteenth century, women in many states did not have the right to own property, draw...
