Lessons Learned The Hard Way
Posted on: April 27, 2009 by Matt
I have been thinking a lot lately about some lessons that I have learned the hard way in life, particularly with regard to my finances. Generally speaking, I like to think of myself as a fairly sharp guy. I did well in school, I am good at my job and am pretty much always learning. However – when I start thinking about some of the lessons that I have learned and how I ended up learning them I start to realize just how dense I can be sometimes.
So in the spirit of helping to prevent others from learning lessons the hard way (which in my experience means some amount of pain involved) I have opted to start a new series of posts dedicated to lessons I learned the hard way. I do not plan to limit the lessons to simply the realm of finance but to encompass all areas of life. Of course I have learned more lessons by really messing up with regard to finances (or is it they are the most visible?) than most other area so my emphasis will be on my personal finances.
I am pretty excited about this new series and plan to start with my first lesson learned the hard way tomorrow. I also think that a lot of us have probably learned through experience (especially negative experiences) how to better manage our lives and our money. Therefore – if any of you other bloggers out there feel like kicking in and posting some of your hard learned lessons – let me know and I will be sure to kick back a link to your post(s) in my weekly round up at the very least. I think it could be a bit of fun to get input from a few of us going.
Otherwise – check back tomorrow and have fun seeing the mistakes I have made and what I have learned from them.
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Sounds exciting, I look forward to reading these… perhaps I’ll contribute a post and email you the link. Good food for thought!
MoneyEnergy: I would love it if you would write a post on the topic. I think it would be pretty cool if we could get a few people to share the experiences that burned them so we can all learn a little bit.
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