Category: budgeting

Employee Faces Criticism From Someone Who Is Not His Direct Supervisor

By Kathleen Furore From Tribune Content Agency I recently spoke with someone who was irritated when a supervisor who had no authority to comment on his performance told him she had noticed him while observing one of her charges. She said she couldn’t see what he was accomplishing, then asked him to explain in detail…



5 Trends in Finance

In our digital age, current events have an increasingly swift impact on our finances. Extreme weather events, warfare, and other forms of political and economic unrest on the other side of the world are all communicated instantaneously. Those events in turn carry the capacity to impact finance trends in every market. Of course, seasoned investors…


Can Inflation Be Tamed?

September Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation results came in above expectations, at 8.2 percent, marking the seventh straight month of inflation above 8 percent. Gone is any talk from U.S. Treasury or Federal Reserve officials of inflation being “transitory.” If there was any good news in the numbers, it was that energy commodities, such as gasoline…


Winter Travel Strategies to Get Your Winter Getaways Cheaper

The holidays will soon be here. Winter travel plans are being made, but inflation seems to have affected the budgets of many travelers. As a result, people are looking for cheaper ways to travel more often now than not. An article at CNBC reports that as many as 79 percent of adults with travel plans…


How Is Your Credit Score Calculated and Why Is It Important?

You know credit scores exist. You might even know what yours is. But do you know how it’s calculated and why it’s important? Your credit score affects whether you can get a credit card, rent an apartment, buy a house, start a business, or even get a cell phone contract. A low credit score can…


How to Help Your College Grad Move on to the Career Phase of Their Adult Life

By Kathleen Furore From Tribune Content Agency A friend told me that his recent college graduate is having a hard time deciding what his next move should be. He thinks his 22-year-old is having a tough time accepting that his school career has come to an end and that he now has to make some…


Millennial Money: Learn—Don’t Run—From Your Inner Critic

I can be so mean to myself. My inner critic roasts my actions like a political attack ad, with claims that are cruel, overstated and often inaccurate. My ad would assert that I’m stupid with money, bad at decision-making and a crybaby to boot—all endorsed by yours truly. I’m not the only one talking trash…


Interpersonal Edge: Good Fences Create Good Work

By Dr. Daneen Skube From Tribune Content Agency Question: I’m in a job where managers, co-workers, and customers constantly demand more than I can give. I try to meet everyone’s expectations, but feel burnt out and resentful. I’m worried that setting boundaries will get me fired. How can I deal with unreasonable and unrealistic expectations…


Interpersonal Edge: Bet on yourself!

By Dr. Daneen Skube From Tribune Content Agency Question: I have new career interests, but am not sure I have the skills to take on jobs in these new areas. I would not want to take a new job and fail to be up to the task. What do you advise clients when they’re not…