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The 3 easiest ways to earn more money | I Will Teach You To Be Rich — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:16:39 +0000

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What’s Wrong With the Internet: II – Dissense — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:39:10 +0000

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The Myth of the Starving Artist | I Will Teach You To Be Rich — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:51:35 +0000

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By: Jarrod W.

Jarrod W. — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:38:58 +0000

I am totally on board with the anti-whiner/complainer ideology. Step up to the plate and start making decisions that empower you. Stop defeating yourself before you even take a single step to succeed!

Ramit, this is great.

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Recap of the 3-week course on earning money | I Will Teach You To Be Rich — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:36:22 +0000

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By: Steve Kagan

Steve Kagan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:56:03 +0000

Ramit –

Keep up the good work! I,too, fall outside of your 25-35 demographic range; but, this old dog is learning new tricks from you.

It’s time to use the solid financial foundation I have created for myself and my family to propel myself to new heights.

Thanks for your inspiration.

By: Kate Nelson

Kate Nelson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:58:45 +0000

Ramit, saving $1,000 a mth does work! It’s a mentality most people have to work to adapt to and I am so glad I did! I am now trying to convince my two younger brothers (who have no children) to follow your advice. I am a full time working mother who is probably a bit older than your audience (35) and I wish I had become more money savvy 15 years ago! But it’s never to late.

Thanks to the tips you posted for saving $1,000 a mth, I now have a T Rowe Price account (for my son’s college education, he’s almost 5), my ING account is increasing steadily, and I am paying more on my two credit cards. And I still enjoy my $3 lattes! I am slowly crawling out of cc debt and making great progress thanks to your book and other pieces of advice you regularly give. Your book should be a required high school graduation gift!!

By: Torley

Torley — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:58:41 +0000

Ramit, thanks for amplifying the awesome and rebuking the whiners with clarity.

Chop the slop, amplify the awesome!

By: Joy

Joy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:46:02 +0000

We have been using the credit card points on two cards – my husband and I have the Continental Mastercard and the Hilton AmEx. We read your tips, and decided – fees or not, we like traveling for leisure one card is $85 a year, the other is $75 but we took a $5000 vacation in December for the booking fee ($30 a ticket). We just use the cards for everything and pay them off every month. It’s easy, and allows us to travel for funand only worry about food costs. Awesome!

By: Barbara Saunders

Barbara Saunders — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:04:59 +0000

I had to laugh (with you) on the “fixed pie mentality” comment. I recently got a contract job making literally 3 times what I had been making previously. So, I moved out of the trashed apartment with 5 roommates into a place that cost twice as much rent – but where I could entertain clients (no stoned, drunk roommates to potentially embarrass me) and set up a space far more conducive to greater productivity.

I can’t tell you how many friends jumped on me for not banking all of the “extra.” After considering writing off some of the cost, food not stolen by the roommates, the fact that a single client per month entertained in the new, respectable office could pay the difference AND the much higher salary, my upgrade was a no-brainer … except to people with “fixed pie mentality.”