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“I’m always talking about life’s serendipitous path; you don’t know where it’s going to take you and you need to be ready. You need to be ready to seize opportunities and when something is percolating in front of you or beside you…”
"My fiancé has student loan and credit card debt. I'm the breadwinner in our relationship and have zero debt. I'm going to help him pay it off the next few years but how do we prioritize the debt? And what do you think about prenuptial agreements?"
"We setup psychological road blocks for achievement by dwelling on the fact that, “My goodness, I have such a large amount of student loan debt.” You become debilitated. You stop becoming proactive and you stop fighting the good fight. If you first can put yourself in a position to overcome that block, to wrap your head around that debt and realize, it’s just a number and it’s something that can be tackled."
"Every single woman that I talk to without a doubt wants a man who makes good money. They all do. But the interesting thing is that a lot of women who struggle with love also struggle with money."
"Do I take a job opportunity offering $95k, $15k sign on and $81k in stock? Or continue living in Texas making $70k with my husband and daughter? I'd have to relocate my family and my husband would have to look for a new job."
"I've been in a position to make more and said no. Even for the sake of my own happiness. I’ve left jobs where I made more and then I’ve been offered the possibility of making more that didn’t pan out. I feel like the possibilities are good for making significantly more money but I won’t let it drive my decisions in such a way that it compromises my happiness or my self-worth."
"I have been talking about this for 10 years... what do you suck at? Our culture does not condone or reward humility. With social media and just the whole world out there it’s just saying reward, reward, reward, success, success, success as opposed to saying humility, patience, forgiveness and this is all of the self. That's what it teaches."
"What percentage of a six-figure income do you suggest should go towards investing in stocks, real estate, savings, retirement and so forth?"
"My main goal for 2017 is to actually improve my work-life balance. I didn’t want the year to be focused on earning money. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. My main goal for the year is just to be able to take a break from the blog...just to really enjoy the day."
