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Hi, I'm Courtney Johnston

Welcome to The Rule Breaker's Club! Over here, it's all about riskiness, sassiness, and happiness. Are you ready for the ride?

Monday
May282012

Do You Like Free Stuff? Well, Do Ya?!

Hi precious, 

This is a reminder that my new eBook, Résumé Revamp: So hot you'll have 'em begging for more is coming out on June 15.

It costs $12.95, and I'll be posting important information about the book later this week.

 

However,

If you join the Rule Breaker's Club, you will gain you access to:

 

  • The Résumé Revamp book pay-what-you-want option
  • The Résumé Revamp book 10 days before everyone else (June 5)
  • Super special, never-to-be-offered-again promotions on Résumé Revamp related snazz.
  • Lots and lots of FREE juicy content to get you reved up about that good ol' life you're living.

 

 

So get on your game. 

 (If you're reading this in your e-mail, you're already a member!)

 

 

Saturday
May262012

Means. Funds. Capital. Coin. Change. Big Bucks. Happiness?

Oh my god. Money.

 

Money. Money. Money.

How would it feel right now if the ceiling opened up and countless $100 bills just came floating in - as if by miracle?

C'mon - haven't you ever imagined yourself winning the lottery? You've actually plotted and schemed. You know exactly what you'd do with that green - run off to Europe, build a library for African kids, buy a baseball team, eat as many tacos as you'd like.

 

Or something like that, anyway.

 

But you also feel conflicted.

Because you're not supposed to want money. 

Money doesn't buy happiness.

Love is all you need.

Stop being a selfish S.O.B.

(that's a little poem that I threw together).

 

You understand totally + completely how much it absolutely sucks to not have enough of that stuff. To be strapped for cash. To say "no" to things that you really want - to experiences that will surely make you happier.

 

So you're left with three problems:

 

  1. You don't have enough money.
  2. You're not spending it on the right things.
  3. You see money as an end instead of as a means.

 

As it turns out, when spent properly on experiences instead of material goods, money can make you happier.

But it's not the money you want.

It's what money can buy

It's not the money itself that makes you happy.

It's all about using it in the right way.

 

The crazy part?

There is a right way of using your money to buy happiness.

In a lovely scientific article titled, "If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right" (cute, eh?), top Positive Psychologists like Daniel Gilbert suggest several ways of spending money in order to increase happiness. Here are my favorites:

 

  1. Buy experiences instead of material goods.
  2. Spend money on others.
  3. Indulge in many smaller pleasures instead of fewer larger ones.
  4. Delay consumption.
  5. Beware of comparison shopping.
  6. Pay attention to other people's happiness.

 

 

You can read the full article here.

 

The lesson? Instead of going shopping by yourself for yourself for an expensive purse (comparing purses at several retailers), spend your money on drinks out with friends!

 

If you want to get really down and dirty with all of this money psychology stuff (i.e. figuring out what you really want and how much money it'll cost ya), I highly recommend Tim Ferriss' Dreamlining strategy. You can learn about it more on his blog, The Four Hour Workweek

 

I'm also launching a book to help you to create a kick ass résumé. Which will help you get a job and start earning all of this moolah that you need. Sign up below and you can get the book for free!