Money is the currency of life because it is the external measurement system that all of us have as to how we judge where we are in our own lives.

If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.

Your goal should be to pay off your credit card bills in full at the end of each month and set aside money toward your emergency savings.

There isn't a part of our lives that money doesn't touch - it affects our relationships, the way we go about our everyday activities, our ability to make dreams reality, everything.

We each focus on what we're going to buy, but that's an incorrect focus. Focus instead on why you want to spend the money on this or that. What feeling in you does it satisfy?

Once you stop looking for a job, you are no longer considered part of the unemployment number.

Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'