by Lori Atwood | Jun 24, 2015 | Financial Fitness, Saving: Retirement & Other
Everyone has a little list they keep in their head of big or semi-big stuff they have to pay for that’s coming up soon. The problem with these items is they can come up suddenly especially if you’re in denial and then you are stuck either borrowing (charging on...
by Lori Atwood | Sep 3, 2014 | Financial Fitness, Personal Negotiation
In honor of Labor Day, let’s discuss salaries and pay. Negotiating salaries, project work or freelance pay all have one thing in common besides creating anxiety for most people; they all involve numbers. The responsibility of naming a value belongs to the person who...
by Lori Atwood | Dec 4, 2013 | Financial Fitness, Saving: Retirement & Other
Whoo hoo!!! End of year bonus check and it couldn’t come at a better time. Unless you’re an investment banker (in which case you’d be getting a bonus in March not December) your end-of-year bonus is probably anywhere from 10-30% of your annual pre-tax pay, which can...