Money & Relationships

The REAL reason why your finances are tankin’

My receptionist, Jessie, one time mistakenly filled up her sister’s car with diesel instead of gas. (If you’re thinking diesel nozzles are designed to be oversized compared to gas — you’re right.  She said she had to really “jam it in there.”) After she drove off, the engine light came on, and the whole car seized up — followed by...

4 Ways to Knock Out Debt

I wasn’t built be a professional wrestler.  Not like my high school buddy Anthony — aka “Santino Marella” — who become the WWE Intercontinental Champion.   He’s like a brick wall and I’m just a skinny guy with a big beard.  He bodyslams 300-pound men and I couldn’t hurt a fly.  But we have one thing in common:  We both...

A letter to my younger self: Financial lessons I’ve learned along the way

Dear me, many years ago, Well, it finally happened; I got old. I hit the big 7-0 last week, and it has me thinking about times gone by, about mistakes I’ve made and regrets I hold. Looking back on my life – on our life – I wonder what I could have done differently to protect myself from the financial...

4 tips on how to stop arguing with your spouse about money

Chosen best of the web by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick     One word sums it up: Disconnected. That’s how most couples are with each other when it comes to their finances. I’m not talking about having separate bank accounts – that’s just a banking preference. What I am addressing is something much more profound: our...