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Kids Learn Business Skills by Preparing a Dinner Menu
written by: Coach Funk, CFP® at www.SavingsCoach.com
Hanging out with my 10 and 12 year old nephews last weekend, I heard excitement in their voices when they looked up from their iPod apps and told me about cooking dinner for the family last week. They told me the great lesson they learned here is that they get to keep the PROFIT.
Lessons From… Rich Dad Poor Dad (Summary #1)
The “Lessons From” series are bite-sized summaries of books about financial literacy for parents raising money-smart kids.
Today we start with a book called Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
A Lesson On Spending
I received this in an email and thought it provided a great, easy way to picture our national debt by comparing it to a household budget.
5 Tips to Successful New Years Resolutions
If you are like nearly half of the population, you have created at least one New Year’s Resolution. But the majority of those resolutions are guaranteed to fail. The high failure rate is probably why the other half have stopped creating resolutions. But why is the failure rate so high? Here a five very simple tips to help increase the odds of you achieving your New Year’s Resolution.
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Jodi
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Cheryl
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