Month: January 2022
Happiness & Riding the “U” Shape Wave of Life – 5 Ideas
“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” the immortal words from Thomas Jefferson just about sum up what we all are striving for in this life. But what if “happiness” or contentment was somehow baked in at various levels at different stages of life? What can we do to increase our happiness and contentment? THE … Read more
3 Strategies to Overcome Our Flawed Investing Psychology
By Money Viking Greg 3 Strategies to Overcome Our Flawed Investment Psychology What a wild week in the market, like a crazy roller coaster! The field of investment psychology comes out with more and more evidence every year that proves we suck at investing and managing finances in general. The old models assumed that people … Read more
5 Ways to STOP Worrying About Money
There are plenty of things to be worried about these days, and of course money is always high on that list for most families. In fact, we seem kind of drenched with worry given a raging pandemic and inflation, folks just seem tired of it all. And their feelings make sense given what we have … Read more
MIM – Millionaires In The Making (Top 3 Tips)
Welcome to our first installment of “MIM” – Millionaire’s in the Making. Here we provide highlights and top 3 tips from middle class folks who are on their way to building a million dollar net worth. The names are changed to protect identities online.
5 Levels of Financial Strength, Where Are You?
We cover a way to assess our financial health in various stages Goal is to achieve a high level of financial health & wealth The main 5 levels are 1. Negative Net Worth (Sinking Longboat), 2. Treading Water, 3. Viking Health, 4. Viking Prosperity, 5. Viking King/Queen Know your stage so you can take action … Read more
How To Be The Next Millionaire Next Door
When I was about 20 years old I came across the book The Millionaire Next Door. After years of struggling with dyslexia, I had developed a love of books and knowledge. On summer breaks from College, I spent many hours reading books at the Barnes & Noble near my childhood home. I would check out all kinds of different … Read more
Happy Birthday Warren! Berkshire Buffett Forever Stock BRK-B (How to be a great investor & person)
Berkshire the company is like an amazing collection of over 60 awesome American companies. I admire the man himself for his morals, intellect and values. I find him to be a role model in terms of living a good and fulfilling life. He values integrity, family, moral judgment and strategic business investments. He loves numbers and math. He also loves a Dairy Queen Blizzard and burger! His investing wisdom seems to me to go beyond investing itself. Here are some of his great quotes full of wisdom we could all learn from:
2022, Another Way to Approach New Year Resolutions
2022 is here and it is that time to make those new year’s resolutions. 2022 feels like a particularly strong year to do so give what we have all collectively lived through the last couple of years. But the cold reality is that I have failed in the past to keep resolutions going. It seems … Read more