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How to Build a Daily Prayer and Bible Reading Habit
Most people don't lack the desire to pray and read scripture every day. They lack a time, a place and a plan. Here's how to set up all three.
How Much House Can You Really Afford?
"How much house can I afford?" is one of the most important financial questions most people ever ask, and the
How to Build Community in a New Town
Moving can leave you knowing no one. Community comes faster when you pick a few places, go every week, and start inviting people home.
Is Health Linked to Wealth? What the Research Shows
Money and health travel together in the research, in both directions. Protecting one tends to protect the other.
What Do People Regret Most at the End of Life?
A palliative care nurse wrote down the regrets she heard most often. Her list is anecdotal, but research on regret points in a similar direction.
How Much Do Millionaires Actually Spend?
One of the most consistent and surprising findings in wealth research is that millionaires spend far less than most people imagine. The
What the Research Says About Entrepreneurs and Wealth
The research on entrepreneurs and wealth tells a more complicated story than the success myths suggest. Business ownership is genuinely associated with
Should You Start a Business to Build Wealth?
Starting a business is one of the paths to serious wealth, business owners appear among millionaires far more often than in the
What Does It Mean to Own a Stake in Something?
Owning a stake in something, a business, equity, a piece of what your work produces, is one of the most powerful ways
What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging?
Dollar-cost averaging is the practice of investing a fixed amount of money at regular intervals, say, every month, regardless of what
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