Many of the good things would never have happened if the bad events hadn't happened first.

Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.

When you've been battered down and battered down and battered down, your spirit gets broken.

America has a broken spirit, that the people that are saying, "Please help me, please let me keep my home, please let me keep my car, please recognize me as a vital human being," they are falling on deaf ears.

Choosing wealth as a goal requires facing everything about your money bravely, honestly, with courage -- which is a very, very hard thing for most of us to do.

The only way you will ever permanently take control of your financial life is to dig deep and fix the root problem.

If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.