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iamak.com is designed to give information on ways to get out of debt, be financial fit, invest in yourself, real estate (how to sell or buy a home), and property improvements or investments.

Getting out of debt is not easy, but it is possible.  I have started reading for the third time a book called, 'The Four Laws of Debt Free Prosperity'. This book has helped me to understand the basics of managing my finances, and I would love to share it with you.

The first law is to track your finances. Have everyone in your family track their finances. By doing this you are creating a way to measure where you are and you are able to determine what you need to cut or stop to reach your financial goal.

George Odiorne said this, "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it". Tracking not only helps with money, but in everyday life.  Here are a few examples...
  • Playing any sport requires continual practice to improve, but how do you improve without measuring yourself?
  • Playing a musical instrument
  • Employment.  Does your employer measure your abilities, tasks, timelines, etc?
  • Your spouse, child, parents, friends, cousins, etc.  Do they not measure you?  I know that I am, and I know that I measure them.  Why? Because I love them and I want them to be better.

Try tracking your finances for a couple months and take control.

Continual Learning

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes." -Marcel Proust

Be a lifelong learner.  Learning doesn't have to be expensive, and in many cases learning may be free.  Here are some tips for installing the habit of lifelong learning:
  1. Always have a book
  2. Keep a "To-Learn" List
  3. Get More Intellectual Friends
  4. Guided Thinking
  5. Put it into Practice
  6. Teach Others
  7. Clean Your Input
  8. Learn in Groups
  9. Unlearn Assumptions
  10. Find Jobs that Encourage Learning
  11. Start a Project
  12. Follow Your Intuition
  13. The Morning Fifteen
  14. Reap the Rewards
  15. Make It a Priority

Read more details at Lifehack, the 15 Steps to Cultivate Lifelong Learning.


Here are some suggested links that can help with ideas on improving.  Some suggestions may make sense to you, or you may take a few suggestions from one article and combine them with another or a few.  Find what works for you and do it.  And always remember to never give up!

Financial stability starts with YOU

Oprah's Debt Diet Action Plan
10 Habits to Develop by zenhabits.com
United Way help Americans
5 Habits to help you find stability by PTMoney

Now is the Time, Buy Real Estate

7 Reasons...to Buy Now by CBSNews
9 Reasons to Buy a House Now by Forbes
Why Buy Now by Lennar
Four Types of Ownership by bankaholic

Lost Your Job

CareerPlanner.com
10 Things to do when you just lost your job
CareOneCredit.com