Well it’s time for another edition of weekly financial fitness tips! And that also means happy Friday to you! This week I’m categorizing all the articles by the categories of personal finance, career and business, hoping you’ll be able to quickly find the tips you care most about. I seem to be blogging across these major categories lately.
In this edition you’ll find tips to help you sell a used car, how to make sure you’re ready for a job interview and 30 ideas to make extra money with side jobs. But first, check out all the One Money Design articles published this week!
One Money Design Articles
- Bible Verses About Debt in Christian Stewardship
- 5 Things to Do Everyday to Grow Your Online Brand in Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Get the Most Out of LinkedIn for Your Career & Job Search in Career
- Common Examples of Penny Wise, Pound Foolish in Personal Finance
- How to Find the Best Children’s Savings Accounts in Personal Finance
Personal Finance
Eight Ways to Sell a Used Car (Redeeming Riches) – “When it’s time to buy a new car, do you get a bit lazy? By lazy, I mean do you just plan to turn your old car over to the dealer as a trade-in then trust that it will all work out for the better?”
How Long Do Negative Items Remain On Your Credit Report? (Financial Highway) – “When you make financial mistakes, the negative items can remain on your credit report and affect your credit score.”
Learning from our financial regrets (Sound Mind Investing) – “The end of the year is a natural time for reflection. It’s a time to think back on the blessings of the year. But it’s also healthy to remember what didn’t go so well and see if there are some lessons to learn from any mistakes.”
Go to The Ant You Sluggard (Faith & Finance) – “This is one of those verses that people love to quote, but hate to hear. The truth is that most of us could afford to be reminded of these verses every now and then.”
10 Mortgage Tips For 2013 (Bankrate) – “If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the best time to refinance or get a mortgage to buy a home, think of 2013 as your last chance to act.”
Career
How to Best Ready Yourself for the Big Interview (Yahoo Finance) – “It may seem surprising, but hiring managers are often amazed by candidates who don’t carefully prepare for a job interview, and thereby sabotage their chances of being hired.”
Five Presentation Mistakes Everyone Makes (Harvard Business) – “We all know what it’s like to sit through a bad presentation. We can easily spot the flaws — too long, too boring, indecipherable, what have you — when we watch others speak.”
Business & Entrepreneurship
30 Great Side Jobs (Wise Bread) – “There are thousands of side jobs out there these days, but they aren’t necessarily created equal. Some are better than others, especially in terms of how much work you have to do compared to how much money you earn.”
10 Start-up Mistakes to Avoid in the New Year (Inc) – “One major mistake that I faced this year was simply being too zealous with projections and budgeting the company on that.”
Tools for the Journey
If you need help with debt you might like my guide to getting out of debt, the pay down debt boot camp, best online debt tools or browse articles about debt.


