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When Talking is Tough
September 1, 201032 Comments
It’s hard for some people to talk about money, even with their mates. Or maybe particularly with their mates. It seems that while we’re prepared to swap bodily fluids, we’re not prepared to ‘fess up about our shopping addictions or just how unsafe the other guy is making us feel. I of the “open-book” genre [...]
Picking Stocks
August 31, 201014 Comments
New Sticky Situation at the end. Also, Question 5 in our new feature on the Success Post called Thinking Things Through. Head on over and add your 2 bits. And remember to vote on this week’s poll.
Trying to decide between the thousands of publicly traded companies in just North America? First you have to narrow the [...]
Why I Hate The Credit Score – Redux
August 30, 201022 Comments
By now y’all know I’m on a rampage against the credit score and how it is used to screw up people’s lives. Yes, I get that there has to be a way to assess a borrower. What I hate is that a system that was developed as a marketing tool to focus on the MOST [...]
People often talk about the things they wish they had (just once, a new car), want to do (I’d love to paint), or wish could achieve (I’d love to go back to school for my degree) as if those things are far away and veiled in mist: dreams. And yet, so many of those things [...]
Gail's Tools
Now, easier to find than ever, here are the tools you’ll need to take control of your money and your life… like the Interactive Budget Worksheet. Make sure you read Gail’s Guide to Building a Budget or my latest book, Debt-Free Forever, before using the Interactive Budget Worksheet so you know how to put it to good use.
And have a look under Favorite Blogs for what I’ve written on topics people most often ask questions about.
Gail Vaz-Oxlade
Hello! I'm Gail Vaz-Oxlade. I'm a mother, step-mother, grand-mama, friend, confessor, writer, TV host, money maven, teacher, artist, and ex-wife. I'm loud, large and laugh a lot. I'm passionate about learning, committed to sharing and hell-bent on getting people to take control of their money and their lives.
I've written 13 books on personal finance, hundreds of articles for the financial media, published a financial magazine for women, hosted three prime-time television shows and worked with Canada’s leading financial services companies to help educate employees and clients. (I've been busy, eh?)
My corporate projects have ranged from the design of a product knowledge and sales curriculum to cover every product sold through the branch network, to the writing of several consumer-oriented brochures, the development of web content, the on-camera hosting of consumer-oriented videos, and myriad public presentations. I can make the most complex financial topic accessible to everyone, even kids.
For those of you who have detected an accent, go ahead and guess! I immigrated to Canada in 1977, lived in The Big City for a long time and then moved to the country. I have dozens of houseplants, read or listen to about 150 books a year and I'm a fabulous cook. I’m learning to knit and dying to get a new puppy… but the time’s not quite right yet so I’m practicing what I preach and being patient.
I’m all about change, and I believe that we can have anything we want in life…anything. It’s all a matter of what’s important to us and how hard we’re prepared to bust our butts. I also believe that a well-balanced life is one of the keys to happiness, and so I strive to achieve a sense of balance.
I’m happy with my life. I am determined to do interesting work and to be useful. I love to learn new things. And I’m practicing living in The Now. I am a work in progress.
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