I read a book about 6 months ago called “Bad Money” by Kevin Phillips. It discusses this overall credit disaster we are in and the dangerous attitudes and flawed products of psychotic megafinance. Read more

Building Wealth Daily Nov 15 08

Here are today’s offerings from the blog-o-sphere on building wealth.

Property Investments For Anyone Building Wealth
By admin
Anyone considering building wealth needs to take into consideration the many benefits that can and do come to those that invest in real estate. They need to realize the true benefits of security and value that come from property … (MTR Comments - I haven’t yet figured out the deal with this blog … is it one person or an article submission factory (?).  In any event, good stuff today on real estate investing.)
Your Wealth Guide - http://www.yourwealthguide.com/

Building Wealth through Non-Conformity
By Jose DeJesus MD
Here are some simple guides to breaking away from the patterns that block most people from building wealth.  Physician Entrepreneur - http://physicianentrepreneur.com/

Wealth is a Choice: What Do Most People Think

By admin
I give a simple definition for wealth in my free e-book and a plan to get you on the road to building wealth. Donald Trump is really no different than any of us, but as he grew up he watched his father build an empire in real estate as …  (MTR Comments - This guy reiterates one of my standard lines from all of my presentations: Becoming wealthy is a choice.  He has a few too many ads for my taste however).
Infinite Wealth - http://www.moneykicks.com/

Strategies by the experts?
By nycbull212
… stocks this is a game of leverage but I would essentially have to have 100 properties flowing $100/mnth to even get excited about the return and that seems to be hard to achieve… so REAL strategies on building wealth in this game? (MTR Comments - Pretty good collection of comments on real estate investing). BiggerPockets Forums - http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/

Building Wealth Daily Nov 11 08

Here are today’s offerings from the blog-o-sphere on building wealth (couple of really good ones today … see those with an asterisk following the title *).

Are you chasing wealth instead of harvesting it? [UK Wealth Coach … *
There is a difference between those who are busy trying to make money compared to those who are building wealth. I came across a great metaphor the other day from Roger Hamilton: THE NET & THE GARDEN Ecademy: user blogs - http://www.ecademy.com/module.php?mod=blog

Christmas Budgeting - Building A Christmas Fund (*Timely prep for what may be a “different” holiday-MTR)
By Erik
But, if you want to live a life of building wealth and making wise financial decisions, you need to prepare for Christmas. Hopefully, you’ve already started thinking about how much money you will spend this holiday season. Money Smart Life - http://moneysmartlife.com/

E Myth Mastery The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a …
By Leadership Coaching
The WealthLoop Series Beginner’s Guide to Building Wealth Buying Houses (Combo Audio/Data CD): Author’s Audio Commentary Plus Downloadable 32-page Marketing Manual, Checklists, Spreadsheets, and Forms. Leadership Coaching News - http://www.leadershipcoachingblog.com/

Recession Proof Your Life Part 5

This is the 5th and final installment of my series on Recession Proofing Your Life.  In this blog, I talk about where you really want to be going in the long(er) run and that is owning your own business, the statistically best chance for you to become a millionaire.

Part 5 – The Real Opportunity

In my wealth coaching practice (a hybrid of business and life coaching), I have talked to any number of people – peers and clients – who have said “losing my job was one of the best things that ever happened to me.” ‘Why is that?’ you might ask. Because it forces us to re-evaluate our job situation and, hopefully, the rest of our lives. We all too often get weighed down by “what is.” What we’re used to, the status quo, not rocking the boat, etc. Often, we attach far too much importance to a J.O.B. and rely on them not only for our self esteem, but as the focal point around which our lives are defined.  Some people are lucky and really love their jobs. The last I checked, the percentages who claimed this mythical status was in the low 20% of those employed for someone else (the number goes up significantly for the self-employed). In general, being an employee turns out to be better than nothing (quite often a true statement) and the path of least resistance.   In the current economic climate, the best job in the world could indeed be the one you have (last Friday’s unemployment numbers were the worst in years) so let me say this again: THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING A JOB.  However, in my experience, the employee route is typically - there are always exceptions - antithetical to growth and keeps us from our full potential as human beings. Read more

Building Wealth Daily Nov 9 08

The purpose of this blog in the broader context is to augment the main Integrated Wealth Resources authority site as a place people can come to find resources (websites, articles, products, insight and philosophy) about building financial wealth.

To that end, there are tons of other people out in cyberspace (do people still use that term?) blogging about building wealth.  I check out lots of other sites on a nearly daily business and am going to start doing a nearly daily entry here to provide my readers with links to those blog postings and authors that I think are worth reading.  I’ll weed out the crap and blatant product-selling copy so you can sample the writers that I feel are offering the most value.  Just as with my speaking and info products business, I dont really look at these people as competition; we are all promoting a common goal of financial freedom and quality of life.  Hey, maybe they will feel the same about me and gimme a little love in the form of a linkback!

In time, I will start adding comments to each entry to further refine what it is discussing so you go off Read more