Photo By: NeONBrand More posts like this on: blakeadams.io Jumping back into the realm of Personal Finance, most financial woes can be boiled down to the simple concept of cash flow. The concept is fairly simple, you can either have a positive cash flow or a negative cash flow depending…

In the summer of 2014 I stumbled upon the following motivational video, The Strangest Secret, a 1957 motivational speech recorded by Earl Nightingale for the purpose of motivating the sales personnel at the insurance agency he owned at that time. …

Photo By: Pietro De Grandi Read more posts like this at: http://www.blakeadams.io/ Typically when you meet with a financial advisor/planner, they will ask you, What are your goals? Why? Because it helps in the development of a plan based around making intentional decisions directed toward a well-defined goal. This goal…

Photo by: Robert Bye Read more posts like this on: blakeadams.io In 2007, shortly before I turned eighteen and shortly after I started my first part-time job as a W2 employee. I opened a checking account at a local branch of a regional bank. Probably like a lot of kids…

Photo By: Blake Wisz Read more posts like this on: blakeadams.io A 1993 episode of Rocko’s Modern Life, titled Who Gives a Buck, features the protagonist, Rocko, receiving a credit card. The following scenes include an elaborate shopping spree utilizing this new card at the encouragement of his friend. Afterwards…