Comments on: Personal Responsibility Is The Key to Financial Success http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Fri, 25 May 2012 15:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Linda Hubbard http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-534976 Linda Hubbard Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:23:24 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-534976 Great post. Should be required reading for every high school student. Great post. Should be required reading for every high school student.

]]> By: Gail http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-532051 Gail Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:54:08 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-532051 Great post! Great post!

]]> By: China Brooks http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-528124 China Brooks Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:20:22 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-528124 Great post; taking control of my financial life was one of the most empowering things I have ever done. I've always had great earning potential but I still found myself in a rough cycle of make, spend, freak out, and start all over. I begin to commit to change; reading a lot of books and planning. Sitting down and brainstorming ways to make money (coupled with action) was and is beyond helpful. I realized that it's not how much money you have, but what you do with that money. I just got fired from one of my three jobs and I am okay because I have an emergency fund. It's hard work but financial security feels better than instant gratification (and lasts longer). Thanks again for this post. Great post; taking control of my financial life was one of the most empowering things I have ever done. I’ve always had great earning potential but I still found myself in a rough cycle of make, spend, freak out, and start all over. I begin to commit to change; reading a lot of books and planning. Sitting down and brainstorming ways to make money (coupled with action) was and is beyond helpful. I realized that it’s not how much money you have, but what you do with that money. I just got fired from one of my three jobs and I am okay because I have an emergency fund. It’s hard work but financial security feels better than instant gratification (and lasts longer).
Thanks again for this post.

]]> By: Tom Brown http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-527033 Tom Brown Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:33:17 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-527033 A good Read Great Post Thanks have added you to my favorites :) A good Read Great Post Thanks
have added you to my favorites :)

]]> By: justme http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-526948 justme Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:13:27 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-526948 my Dh has a coworker who went and got 375 dollars from st vincent Depaul because he could not pay his own utilities then the next day this same guy tells DH that he has joined a gym my Dh has a coworker who went and got 375 dollars from st vincent Depaul because he could not pay his own utilities then the next day this same guy tells DH that he has joined a gym

]]> By: Nagel http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-526917 Nagel Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:09:05 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-526917 Excellent post. I appreciated your comment about personal blind spots. It's like the Biblical phrase, along the lines: "Before you take the straw out of your neighbor's eye, first take notice of the 2x4 stuck in your own eye!" I had a co-worker who would encourage me to buy this nice outfit, go to that great spa, eat at that fancy restaurant she had been to. I quietly nodded, ignored her and clicked on my checking account to move more money to my savings account every payday. Now, I am unemployed, and until my benefits started to kick in, I survived off my amassed savings. I sleep easier at night, not grinding my teeth with worry. She recently bought a new car and may get laid off soon. Excellent post. I appreciated your comment about personal blind spots. It’s like the Biblical phrase, along the lines: “Before you take the straw out of your neighbor’s eye, first take notice of the 2×4 stuck in your own eye!”
I had a co-worker who would encourage me to buy this nice outfit, go to that great spa, eat at that fancy restaurant she had been to. I quietly nodded, ignored her and clicked on my checking account to move more money to my savings account every payday. Now, I am unemployed, and until my benefits started to kick in, I survived off my amassed savings. I sleep easier at night, not grinding my teeth with worry. She recently bought a new car and may get laid off soon.

]]> By: Heibi http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-526889 Heibi Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:16:55 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-526889 Excellent post. Well said. Excellent post. Well said.

]]> By: Lori http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-526871 Lori Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:43:08 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-526871 The shame of it is that one persons bad decisions often result in innocent parties being caught in the fall out. One company wastes and doesn't save, so they have to lay off workers that they need and kick the remaining workers into overdrive. If the single mother you talked about hadn't done the right thing, her children would have suffered worse than her. We're mad at the bailed-out companies now, but we should have been just as angry when times were good and they weren't making the right decisions. The shame of it is that one persons bad decisions often result in innocent parties being caught in the fall out. One company wastes and doesn’t save, so they have to lay off workers that they need and kick the remaining workers into overdrive. If the single mother you talked about hadn’t done the right thing, her children would have suffered worse than her.

We’re mad at the bailed-out companies now, but we should have been just as angry when times were good and they weren’t making the right decisions.

]]> By: Jay Gatsby http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-526865 Jay Gatsby Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:31:03 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-526865 It's a waste of time to worry about people who fail to take personal responsibility for their own mistakes. I look at such people as casualties of social or financial Darwinism. True, the Government often keeps such people from failing completely, but why worry about what they're getting? Would you trade places with them just because they're getting a bailout? It’s a waste of time to worry about people who fail to take personal responsibility for their own mistakes. I look at such people as casualties of social or financial Darwinism. True, the Government often keeps such people from failing completely, but why worry about what they’re getting? Would you trade places with them just because they’re getting a bailout?

]]> By: Roman @ FinancialJesus.com http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/02/04/104031_personal-responsibility-is-the-key-to-financial-success.html/comment-page-1/#comment-526793 Roman @ FinancialJesus.com Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:21:57 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4031#comment-526793 The second mum you talk about is in my opinion the true American hero - she deserves the credit although she usually doesn't get any! I completely agree with the "be responsible" attitude. For those of us who are responsible - it can be difficult to see other people buying nice things on credit but we always know that in the longer run we made the right choice! The second mum you talk about is in my opinion the true American hero – she deserves the credit although she usually doesn’t get any!
I completely agree with the “be responsible” attitude.
For those of us who are responsible – it can be difficult to see other people buying nice things on credit but we always know that in the longer run we made the right choice!

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