Top 10 Posts of 2017
Looking back at the top 10 posts for Spills Spot during 2017. These posts cover topics such as budgeting, debt, travel, investing, and productivity.
Category: General Finance
15 Financial Goals to Strive For
A checklist of 15 financial goals to strive to achieve as soon as possible. Building up savings, paying off debt, investing, and more.
Money Map: How We Manage Our Finances
Use a money map to display how your money comes in and flows into your various accounts, bills, and investments. This is a visual way to monitor your money.
10 Rules of Success from Marcus Lemonis
Here are the top 10 rules of success from The Profit's Marcus Lemonis. Marcus invests in small businesses and helps them succeed.
How the Rules of Blackjack Apply to Your Finances
Focus on getting the basics established in your life. Repeated positive habits over a long enough period will increase your odds of success.
Don’t Just Sell Products, Solve Problems
There are many negative stereotypes about salespeople. To connect with customers they need to focus on solving problems instead of pushing products.
Learn from People Smarter Than You
Find people who have reached the levels you're working towards and learn from them. Spend time with people smarter than you. Challenge yourself and continually grow your skills to improve.
What Experiencing a Job Layoff is Actually Like
No matter what steps you take, you can never fully prepare for experiencing a job layoff. This is my experience from being laid off recently.
How Would More Money Change Your Life?
Most people want to make more money, thinking it'll help them become happier. How would making more money actually change your life?
Focus on Progress, Not Perfection
Focus on making progress towards your goals, rather than figuring out the "perfect" plan before you start. Action is more important!
Life Lessons from a Cancer Survivor
Read about how a recent encounter at the hot-tub resulted in learning essential life lessons from a cancer survivor...
5 Key Traits of Successful People
Learn about 5 traits that help successful people set themselves apart from average people...
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
Read my review of the new Minimalism documentary and thoughts about the minimalist lifestyle...
An Easy Way to Boost Your Productivity
It's important to not just work harder, but to also work smarter. Part of the way I've been able to balance everything I have going on in life is by implementing certain systems. Here are some of the systems I use...
End of Year Review & 2017 Goals
Wrapping up the progress made in 2016 and making new goals for 2017!
What’s Your Why?
You can learn all the money tips there are, but if you never apply them you won't see any positive change in your life. Before even trying to implement positive changes it's important to figure out your reason for doing so. This post discusses how to find your "why" that drives you in your life...
Stop Focusing on What You Can’t Control
There are a lot of circumstances in life that our out of our control. One of my favorite parts of personal finance is that it's one of the rare areas of life where we do have some control...
Couples & Their Money – Interview
An interview post about how my wife and I handle our finances in our marriage.
How to Determine if You’re Financially Stable
Read about a variety of ways you can give yourself a "financial checkup," to see if you're financially stable...
7 Best Apps to Improve Organization & Productivity
Nowadays, there are countless mobile apps that all claim to make our lives better. So how do we decide which ones to incorporate into our daily routine and which ones to avoid? Here are the best apps to help you be more organized and productive in everything you do...
