Hi, my name is Connie Delaney and this is the story of how I learned the principles of wealth. Everything you will read here is opposite of what you learned in school... so if you are ready to unlearn all the things that are keeping you broke, then read on.

In my schooling, in the late 60's I was a rebel. I was the tail end of the hippy revolution, and railing against "The System." And for good reason. We had figured out that the reason school was so boring was because they were conditioning us to live a boring life of slavery to a job. There was literally no alternative at the time except to drop out. So drop I did.

When I turned 18 I put my backpack on my back and headed out into the wilderness to learn to live as a natural human being. My father, who was obviously shocked and dismayed (but managed to retain his composure,) gave me one piece of advice. He said, "Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make, all that matters is your cash flow." My father had been self-employed for many years, and told me this was the secret about money that most people didn't know.

The sanity of that statement was obvious from the very beginning, so I took it to heart. That one piece of advice revealed the whole secret of the balance statement. On one side you have the amount of money coming in. On the other side is the amount of money going out. The only thing that matters is that the money coming in keeps up with the money going out. If income exceeds outgo, you are in really good shape! Adjustments to the formula can be made on both sides of the financial statement. You can adjust how much is coming in, and you can adjust how much is going out. It is definitely the secret to living a life of freedom.