What a crazy week. I wasn’t even able to get a regular post out this week I should be back on my regular posting schedule next week. Had a lot going on with some changes at work (all positive thankfully!) and family stuff. Oh and my week long celebration of the Miami Heat losing in the Finals! It was also quite amazing to see the way the Spurs easily beat them. Even after being down 22-6 in the first quarter, you had the feeling that Miami could not maintain this lead and the Spurs would come back soon. Not only did they come back and win, they beat Miami handily by a double digit margin once again. It reminded me of the 2004 NBA Finals when Detroit easily beat the Lakers and their star studded roster.
The theme in both Finals matches? Great teamwork beats great individual players any day. The level of precision in the Spurs shot taking (and making), passing and player movement was amazing. While the Heat put all their hopes on the shoulders of Lebron James, and big shoulders at that, it wasn’t enough to beat the best TEAM of the year. Hopefully the rest of the league will take notice and try to play more team ball instead of letting the stars do everything.
This actually does lead into a good financial lesson: don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Don’t just depend on one investment because if it goes south, you lose it all. Don’t just depend on your job for the rest of your life because you may get laid off or your position might even cease to exist. Keep your skills and knowledge current and look for other sources of income to fall back on.
Well if you read all that, you deserve to read these great posts I found this week:
–Five Reasons Why You’ll Never Be Rich and One Reason Why You Already Are by Financial Samurai: Sam continues to put out quality posts, and this is certainly one of them. We all want to be wealthy, but very few get there. Find out some of the reasons why.
–How Paying Off Debt is Helping Me Change My Life for the Better by Disease Called Debt: Very enjoyable post about the positive changes that can come about from paying off debt. I have seen some of these changes myself in my quest to pay off my student loan burden. Looking forward to that payoff day, and beyond, is what’s keeping me working hard and trying to find new ways to make some extra monies.
–Can Getting Fit Improve Your Finances? by Money Rebound: In general, taking care of your health will reap financial benefits. It can give you more energy, force you to spend less on eating out and hopefully help you avoid medical costs associated with poor health.
Thank you so much for including me in your roundup post, I really appreciate the mention! Glad you enjoyed my post. Have a great weekend!
Not a problem! Keep the great posts coming.