What happens to your money directly affects the quality of your life -- not your stockbroker's life or your banker's life, but YOUR life.

When it comes to tackling your financial goals, whatever they might be, there's no time like the present.

Writing is hard work, not magic. It begins with deciding why you are writing and whom you are writing for. What is your intent? What do you want the reader to get out of it? What do you want to get out of it. It's also about making a serious time commitment and getting the project done.

When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.

Success is not how many zeroes your bank account has. It's about making the most of the life you have.

If you're not staying on top of your money, you are putting your financial well-being at risk.

I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance.