Why do so many personal-finance sites focus on spending LESS?

It seems like 98% of personal-finance material (blogs, magazines, books) focus on spending LESS — keeping a budget, saying “no, no, no” to lattes, jeans, and vacations.

Why?

Recap of the 3-week course on earning money

Recap of the 3-week course on earning more money, with lots of juicy links.

Want to earn more money? How to find your first 3 paying clients

Today, we cover a detailed approach for getting your first 3 paying clients: Locate and communicate. See why people waste their time on fancy (but useless) marketing strategies instead of going STRAIGHT TO THE PEOPLE WHO’LL PAY THEM. I also get mad and rant about things that make me angry.

The Freelance Diaries: The laid-off marketing consultant whose income has skyrocketed

Today, a Freelance Diaries by a former technology employee in San Francisco who was laid off a year ago, and is now a full-time freelance marketing consultant. She makes 30% more than she used, but her work/life balance is blurred.

I’m giving a talk at Google tomorrow & I need your help

One of my dreams has been to give an Authors@Google talk because they have the perfect audience of smart, ambitious people that I want on this site.

Tomorrow, finally, I’ll be giving an Authors@Google talk!

And now I want to ask for your help.

Case study: From $17/hour to $65/hour. How did she do it?

We’re in the final week of my 3-week course on earning more money. After this week, I’ll be releasing an additional week of private content on earning more.
And then I’ll be releasing a step-by-step program to help you earn your first $1,000 on the side.
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