Comments on: Lean Financial Living

By: FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM

FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:17:00 +0000

Same here.

We live in a studio apartment, low utilities or included, and we love it.

We spend our money on food and me, on clothing

By: Shawanda Greene

Shawanda Greene — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:15:15 +0000

Thanks, LeanLifeCoach! I love your slogan”It’s easier to save a dollar than to make a dollar.” Okay, I shortened it a little bit, but still that’s good stuff. Lean living gives you so much freedom. The thought of being locked into a job or relationship because I had too many expenses to set myself free is just terrifying.

Glad you’re spreading word.

By: LeanLifeCoach

LeanLifeCoach — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:02:20 +0000

Shawanda, you are woman to admire!
National Presto Industries has been recognized for their Lean accomplishments. Lean in their case is much more than just being frugal, it is the scientific application of doing more with less. They learned that ultimately it is the customer who decides what they will pay for their products. If Presto can't control the selling price, what can they control? Costs! The leaner they run their company the more profitable they are.

After teaching these lean techniques for years I am now exploring how they can be applied to our personal life. Ultimately those that hire me will decide how much they are willing to pay for my service. If the market controls my income, what can I control?

You are doing the right thing, stay in your apartment, control your fixed, and also you variable expenses. Over time you will grow wealth that you will be able to leverage for even greater luxuries.

By: TheyCallMeCheap

TheyCallMeCheap — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:12:36 +0000

I upgraded to a high-speed internet connection once I got tired of running to the office in the middle of the night to download large client databases. That got old really fast. I left it out of the article, but MaryJo also lives with her mother in the home she grew up in. Maybe it's a really nice house, but I'd go ahead and get my own place. That's assuming her mother is in good health.

Nevertheless, I like the idea that the company's management carefully controls unnecessary costs. I remember a friend of mine used to work for JPMorgan Chase before moving to Washington Mutual. She would talk about how cheap the company's CEO was. Well we all know what happened to Washington Mutual and my friend is back work for JPMorgan. I just heard their set to hire 1200 mortgage officers, and they were one of the few large banks who weren't scrambling to borrow money from the government in the midst of the financial crisis.

On an unrelated note (at least to this post), I made your aunt's Swiss chard with potatoes. OMG! It's so good. I was afraid of screwing it up at first, but it turned out really well. Can't wait to blog about it.

By: Jason @ Dyalogues

Jason @ Dyalogues — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:53:23 +0000

That really must be their company's culture, if the desks haven't been replaced since the early 60s. But some of those choices are really odd. Dial-up?! Is it worth maintaining a buggy phone connection when broadband is ubiquitous and cheap?

But a "coach for everyone" policy is admirable.

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