043 - Why Aren't You Getting Ahead?

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043 - Why Aren't You Getting Ahead?

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Aug 20, 2012

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You may make "good money", but you don't feel like you're getting ahead. You just don't think you're gaining any traction. You may not have a good grasp on your True Expenses.

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Aug 20, 2012

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006 - The Budget and Slow Suffocation: One of the more embarrassing moments of my teenage years taught me a great lesson about budgeting, breathing, and the crushing effects of five pounds. by The YNAB Podcast
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007 - Christmas, Weak Reports, the Best Report of All: A few words on Christmas, why January's so important to your Christmas spending, and weak reports. Also, a hat tip to the best report of all. by The YNAB Podcast
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013 - An Interview with Baker from ManVsDebt.com: Baker and his wife had an epiphany the night their daughter was born. With the answer to one simple question, they found freedom. This will get you thinking! by The YNAB Podcast
21 min listen
Episode 001 - Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: 70% of people live paycheck to paycheck, but did you know the interesting part of that statistic that isn't often quoted? It will surprise you, and perhaps spur you on to decide that $1000 is the new $0. Rule Four, "Stop Living Paycheck to... by The YNAB Podcast
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Episode 002 - Setting and Achieving Mini Financial Goals (Budgeting): Wait, I thought we were budgeting. What's all this talk about goals, mini-goals, and habits? Yeah, you're not budgeting. You're becoming an unbelievably effective goal setter/reacher. by The YNAB Podcast
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009 - Success Story: a Quicken Junkie Convert!: I interview Sheridan from Orange County, California. She's now been using YNAB for 2.5 years, and won't be going back to Quicken any time soon! by The YNAB Podcast
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024 - The Disaster Effect: When it rains, it pours, right? Sometimes that's our own doing (and demise). Financially speaking, of course. by The YNAB Podcast
9 min listen
018 - Too Poor To Budget: Are you too poor to budget? Absolutely not! by The YNAB Podcast
5 min listen
008 - 3 Tiny Habits, Big Takeaways: I relate my experience with BJ Fogg's 3 Tiny Habits program, and how that ties in so beautifully to budgeting--specifically staying on top of recording your transactions. by The YNAB Podcast
10 min listen
033 - A Week in the Wilderness: Prepping for a 50-mile hike is a lot like the monthly budget meeting. This topic is oozing metaphors. by The YNAB Podcast
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014 - Success Story: From Doing Fine to Awesome: A YNAB success story interview with Brian from Portland. We wax philosophical about present you, and future you (Rules One & Two), and Brian talks about his transition from Quicken. by The YNAB Podcast
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Episode 003 - The Power of Rule Two (Plus Rule One): Creating blissful cash flow situations by The YNAB Podcast
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039 - When a Spouse isn't On Board: I'm no marriage counselor, but I do sell for a living, and I think you have to sell your Spouse on budgeting. by The YNAB Podcast
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005 - Success Story: a Cut in Salary, and Freelancing: An interview with Brian from Massachusetts, a freelance video editor, that now feels content--even with a large drop in income. by The YNAB Podcast
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016 - The Double-Edged Sword of Automation: Automation is a two-edged sword. Used wisely, it will revolutionize your finances. Used poorly, it will do nothing for you (it may even hurt you, in a financial way). by The YNAB Podcast
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019 - Halftime Adjustments: Five minutes trying to convince you that adjusting your budget is not only correct, it's a best practice. by The YNAB Podcast
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012 - An Interview with Carl Richards, Author of "The Behavior Gap": "Simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money" is the tagline of Carl's book, "The Behavior Gap". Stop doing dumb things when it comes to investing? I'll take one of those please! by The YNAB Podcast
29 min listen
029 - So..Should You Start Over?: What's the harm in starting over? What are some good reasons to hit the 'reset' button, and when should you keep on truckin'? by The YNAB Podcast
4 min listen
021 - Your Budget Boiling Point: Your budget has a boiling point. Dial it back a few notches so you can stick to your budget for the long haul. by The YNAB Podcast
7 min listen
025 - Success Story - Bible Study Group: This church out of Idaho has been using YNAB as part of their bible study groups -- for SIX YEARS. I have a long conversation with them about how it's helped them, what they'd like to see improved, and tacos. by The YNAB Podcast
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Episode 004 - Lavish Spending (on Purpose): Lavish spending. Your budgeting indulgence. No judgement here, as long as it's purposeful and done with total awareness. by The YNAB Podcast
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037 - What IS YNAB Anyway?: In the wake of an eventful, learning-filled, stressful launch of YNAB 4…what IS YNAB? by The YNAB Podcast
7 min listen
010 - YNAB Gets a New Site Design!: I discuss some of the whys behind our 12/2011 site redesign. by The YNAB Podcast
8 min listen
042 - Interview with Dan Miller on Careers, Goals & Passion: I set out to have Dan talk about pursuing your passion, and it ended up turning a bit into my own personal coaching session! Dan Miller is a best-selling author, speaker, and career coach. We discuss careers, goals, passions, and more. by The YNAB Podcast
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020 - Success Story- Musicians Rock with YNAB: I talk with Mason (who created our podcast bump music) about how his finances are now rockin' with YNAB. by The YNAB Podcast
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022 - YNAB for Your Business?: Can YNAB serve your business just as well? Well, YNAB's serving YNAB well. by The YNAB Podcast
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036 - YNAB 4 is Here. But it's Not Why YNAB Works: New software is great (and YNAB 4 really is great), but the software isn't the reason YNAB works. by The YNAB Podcast
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015 - Ignoring Life's Biggest Expense is Folly: Taxes are your life's single biggest expense. Cozy up with the tax code and minimize as if your financial life depended on it! by The YNAB Podcast
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011 - A New Year's Crash Course: Erin Lowell, YNAB's head of Education, jumps onto the program to introduce our new New Year's Crash Course. One more way to help you get this money thing done RIGHT. by The YNAB Podcast
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035 - Unexpected Slowdowns & Water Shortages: I returned from a 50-mile backpacking trip in a fairly remote area of Utah. Of course every single thing I experienced can be tied back to budgeting. Because budgeting is awesome. by The YNAB Podcast
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