We spend tons of money and time on work skills, but we rarely invest time in learning how to manage our careers. Change that by implementing these two strategies to get consistent pay raises in your field. Career management – figuring out how to position and improve yourself for the fastest promotions and highest...
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Earn More Money At Your Job: 2 Strategies For Consistent Pay Raises
We spend tons of money and time on work skills, but we rarely invest time in learning how to manage our careers. Change that by implementing these two strategies to get consistent pay raises in your field. Career management – figuring out how to position and improve yourself for the fastest promotions and highest...
How To Land Your Dream Job
Landing a job is a completely different skill set than performing well in it. If you have what it takes to perform a job well but don’t know how to find and land it, this is for you. Good At Job Search vs. Good At Job Picture this. You’ve been clocking in the...
Building Your Own Income Streams: Passive or Active Side Hustle?
Establishing your own proprietary income streams can speed your financial progress. Here are a few ideas to build your own income streams through side projects, as well as which side projects are more lucrative. If you’ve spent any amount of time reading personal finance blogs, you’ve probably come across the concept of a side...
Job Trends: Fastest-Growing, High-Paying Jobs in 2018
The fastest-growing roles also happen to be some of the highest-paying in 2018, and one sector dominates the map. Here is the way the wind is blowing if you’re considering a career change or coaching your college-bound kids on a future career. While I have no intention of working a traditional job in the...
2017 Income Report: How I Made $62,326 Blogging 5 Hours A Week
What I made in my first calendar year of blogging and how it was done. A discussion of blogging as a side hustle to build wealth while working on things you enjoy. I’ve talked a lot on the blog about the four components that go into building extreme, early wealth: Earning more money...
How Much Can You Actually Make Blogging?
Ever wondered how much you can make blogging? I’m talking about my favorite income-generating idea today. Here are real numbers from real case studies, plus how to start a blog of your own in under 10 minutes. When I started this blog a little over a year ago, I was just enjoying a...
New Year’s Wins: 5 Actions To Start The Year Off Right
What are concrete things you can do with the energy you have to start the new year off right? Here are five things that will start a flywheel of productivity for your wealth. Start Regularly Tracking Your Key Metrics: Net Worth, Income, and Expenses You improve what you measure. When a business...
One Chart: How the 1% Actually Earn Their Money
This one chart illustrates how the 1% actually earn their money, and what you should employ to do the same. The nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center did some research on where income comes from for the 1% vs the entire population. Their definition of “expanded cash income” included things like health care benefits,...
35% of US Workers Freelance: What They Make, How They Feel
Correct your misconceptions about the ⅓ of the US population who engage in freelance work. Even six-figure earners find they sometimes can make more freelancing, and enjoy themselves more while doing it. Here’s what they say on the issue, and how it might one day benefit you. In 2016, the number of folks in...