“Hello I’m a procrastinator,” I may as well have introduced myself in this manner at the training session on time management. It turns out, I was in good company. Though I didn’t realize it at first, the room was filled with others who shared my dirty secret. The instructor stood at the front of the room holding up the calendar/planner and asked us to start our day – as we should every day – with a to-do list. When our pens stopped moving, he asked us to prioritize our list with A for Read on...
Math that All Kids Will Love
Do you want to get your child’s attention and encourage them to save money? A little basic math will show them how they might become millionaires – if they start investing early. Consider this hypothetical example: A teenager has a part-time job and puts $2,000 of her earnings into a Roth IRA every year starting at age 16 and ending at age 20. Then, she leaves that $8,000 total investment to compound for 47 years at an average rate of 10.7%. Even though no additional money is added to the Read on...