Alex Shalman.comPractical Personal Development

The economy might have just dipped, but for students like me, or anyone interested in frugality, the pinching of the pennies is not a new ritual. Yesterday marked a good day for my finances — the last payment on my credit card.
I’m now officially more financially successful than a homeless person. Before, the homeless person [...]

This article is part of this years Blog Action Day.
“The mother of revolution and crime is poverty”
~Aristotle
Poverty is the lowest possible place that a person can go. Not because of what it looks like, nor the lack of comfort, but because it represents the inability of an individual to pull his own weight in life. [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a guest article by Ali of Alpha Student (gorgeous blog design).
Do you work for an employer? If so, you might have considered leaving to work for yourself instead. You might even be actively building up a source of income on the side – maybe through freelancing or through entrepreneurial work – [...]

Editor’s Note: This article is written by the lovely, beautiful, and intelligent Marina Tsipenyuk.
Whether or not we know it or like it, customer service is a great part of everyone’s life. Even if one does not own a business or provide services to others, we are constantly selling ourselves into whatever it is that we [...]

“There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world’s ills will be cured.”
~Henry [...]

Most money management articles tell you how to eliminate your debt, but I’m going to take the experienced wasters approach to showing you how you can waste, waste, waste! The more knowledgeable we are about wasting money, the better our chances of being able to avoid and save.
If we don’t know where we’re going wrong, [...]

Living in an age of ‘I want it yesterday’, people sometimes think impulsively. Instead of putting a bit of money away for a ‘rainy day’ they make it rain money. I personally think it’s great when someone can afford to live in luxury and keep money circulating in the economy. If you’re someone thats living [...]

Making money starts in the mind
This is a guest post from Steven Aitchison who writes the blog; Change your thoughts
Most people want more money in their lives, it is one of the human passions: the pursuit of more money. How can the richest 1% of the of the adult population control [...]

This article is part of the How To Become An Outstanding Person In Twelve Weeks series. I strongly urge that you read the first article in order to get a sense of what is going on here.
Frugality (Week 5 of 12)
Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing. Benjamin [...]

Warning: This article forces you to take a hard look at yourself and i’m being very harsh. Remember, I care about you and want the best for you.
A typical example of a personal development addict
You have a library full of books, an ipod full of audio CDs and you’ve been to a few seminars, but [...]