A self-made millionaire shares her recipe for success, happiness and financial freedom
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Not long ago, I worked on a project (I’ll call it “Project Chicken Little”) that took me back — emotionally — to a time when I had to don a frock with a pinned-on name tag, drag myself to work and punch a time card. I hadn’t felt so disempowered, nor shed so many tears [...]
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I’m going to share something with you today that you really need to understand – on a gut level – before you can be rich and happy. Are you ready? Here it is: Even if you learn ALL there is to know about money (how to make it, save it, invest it), if your relationships [...]
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The traditional view of achievement assumes that results come from a combination of talent and desire. Therefore, when you fail, it must be because you are not talented enough or that you don’t want it bad enough. However, failure also occurs when talent and desire are abundantly present — but optimism is missing! Why is [...]
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Recently, I responded to several questions posed by Flexo and Tom from Consumerism Commentary. They created a 21 minute podcast of our conversation. Here is a sampling of the content: how I used apprenticeship programs as an alternative to formal schooling, to land a job, and then to hire my own employees my motivation for [...]
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In my last post, I suggested that financial success takes more than learning the how to of creating wealth. I challenged that our mindset often gets in the way of reaching our financial goals. I asked you to weigh in with your personal experiences. Thank you for your comments and emails – they will help me [...]
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Aim, Ready, Fire! Entrepreneur CliffsNotes from a Penny-Pinching, Pajama-Clad, Self-Made Millionaire (photo by Okinawa Soba) This is a lengthy post (2500+ words) as it contains nearly everything I know about how to be your own boss, in an abbreviated 3-phase format. If you’ve ever dreamed of making money doing something you love to do, I [...]
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It’s been my experience that frugality can run the continuum from miserly to magnificent. When I was a child, I never went a day without a nutritious meal or a warm bed. Still, I recall times when I perceived my family as poor. In the school cafeteria, I furtively slipped my free lunch ticket to [...]
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Known from the blogosphere to national TV as “The Millionaire Mommy Next Door”, Jen Smith went from earning minimum wage as a graveyard shift donut and coffee pusher to financial freedom as a self-made millionaire by age 40. Jen bootstrapped half a dozen small businesses while working from home in her pajamas. She learned how to invest in the stock market and in herself. Her story is more than a rags to riches story, it's a rags to a rich life story.
Now Jen is on a mission to inspire and empower others through financial education so they too can enjoy the life they want to live. Jen freely shares her recipe for success, happiness and financial freedom via writing, blogging, speaking and coaching. As part of her commitment to community, Jen pledges her blogging revenue as 0% microloans through Kiva.org to small businesses operated by working, impoverished women in developing countries.
