Thought for today: Most of us would have gone to any length to get credit. When the well dried up, and our credit card applications declined, we knew disastrous times lay ahead – late fees, family rejection, the threat of electricity being shut off, lost health insurance, or worse, losing our home. We were powerless over debt, and yet […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: There is no magic spell to increase your income. It takes creativity, focus, hard work, passion and discipline to create wealth, or anything of value. Creativity means trusting your instincts enough to test them out in the laboratory of life. It means choosing where to focus your effort between competing interests. Many alternatives […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Imagination is a wonderful tool. When channeled properly, it can inspire great innovation, spark the discovery of solutions to vexing problems, and improve life. Imagination can also deconstruct, destroy what has been built, and cause troubles. Just watch the news. So it’s logical to say that imagination is not good or bad, it just is. […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Sometimes as compulsive debtors, we start to believe our own fiction. This is a polite way of saying we lie to ourselves. A member shared: “I was very creative as an active debtor. I could always find ways to misrepresent myself so I could get credit or impress people with purchases. “I opened […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Compulsive debtors are creative people. We have many more ideas than we have time to work them. Dreams of entrepreneurship run deep in some of us. For others, the performing arts are the thing. Others enjoy writing, painting, or some of the many other expressions of creativity. A member shares: “By the time […]
Continue reading →A man shared one day about getting on the phone with a bank at one particularly low point in his debting history and impersonating his wife’s voice so he could open yet another credit card to take advantage of a temporary 0% offer. In a high-pitched voice he gave them all her personal information… Years later […]
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