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If you could earn more money on a regular basis, how would that change your life? How would you use the extra cash?

Would you finally pay off your debt? Help out your friends who are struggling financially? Invest more so you'll have a wonderful retirement? Stop penny pinching because you don't have to worry about not having enough money?

Do you think it's possible? Well, it is! So follow these proven steps to start earning more money today.

Assess Your Availability

Before you can start making more money, you need to figure out the amount of time you can put towards this effort. Sure, you probably have a busy life. Even so, can you find moments during the week where you have free time, and devote that time to making more money? How many hours can you commit?

When I was a teenager, I went through a period where I was obsessed with card tricks. I learned a bunch of them – some that relied on preparing the deck beforehand, some that relied on a bit of sleight of hand, and some that relied on mental math. I was always better at understanding the tricks than performing them, though, and I was always better off at the ones that required me to think than required me to use dexterity.

Like any curious kid, I eventually wound up at the library. I checked out several books on card tricks and magic and devoured them, learning the inside tactics of many different card tricks and coin tricks.

One element that always stuck with me is that many tricks are never guaranteed success. Quite often, when you see a magician doing a card trick, they’re not sure that the trick will actually work. Usually it involves some serious uncertainty.

Good news: spending less on your kid’s sports will actually make him better at them.

That’s according to a Utah State University study just reported by the Wall Street Journal, which contends the more you spend on your children’s sports, the less they’ll enjoy them, and the less successful they’ll be at them.

This article is by staff writer Holly Johnson.

If you visit personal finance or investing blogs on a regular basis, you’ve probably read countless articles on the virtues of passive income. After all, many personal finance experts believe that passive income is the key to early retirement, financial independence, and permanent wealth. But, what exactly is it?

A definition:

Investopedia describes passive income as “earnings an individual derives from a rental property, limited partnership or other enterprise in which he or she is not actively involved.”

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some great articles on money recommendations for every age, knowing when it's time to quit your job, and mistakes renters make.

Top 5 Articles

Top Ten Money Recommendations For Every Age — It is important to reduce your debt and automate your finances. [Free Money Finance]

How to Know It's Time to Quit Your Job — If you are concerned about the company you work for, it may be time to quit your job. [Money Smart Life]

If you’re like me, you hold the firm belief that a personal finance site like the one you’re currently visiting should occasionally offer more than the usual advice.

Oh, it’s fine if these posts primarily advance ways to track down the best savings account, how to save on life insurance or find the best zero percent APR credit cards. It’s just peachy if most offer timely tips on how to stage a profitable yard sale, get the best deal on pro sports memorabilia, save money on trips to the dry cleaner and earn a mint recycling common household items over online auction sites.

And of course, it’s terrific if they remind us of practices we’ve long known we should get going on but can’t often rouse ourselves to actually undertake, like investing for our kids’ college educations and our own secure retirement.

Summer is approaching (though from the unseasonably cool temperatures here, you could have fooled me) and with the approach of summer means summer cooling bills. Many, many households across the United States will be trying to maximize the cooling they can get from their central air units, window air conditioning, and fans in order to minimize their energy bills.

There are a number of steps that are often tossed out there as “standard” advice, such as installing a programmable thermostat, finding the upper limit of what you can tolerate inside, opening windows in the night time to let in cooler air, closing the curtains and/or blinds to block direct sunlight, and so on.

In fact, I listed several of these tips in a recent article, Seven Simple Tactics We Use to Keep Summer Energy Bills Low.

Volunteering is one of the most rewarding — and frugal — ways to make a difference in community. And with nearly 65 million Americans reporting having volunteered last year, chances are you’ve made it a point to give of your time to support a worthy cause. From volunteering at a school or food bank to participating in a walk for charity, we want to hear what volunteer experience impacted you the most!

What volunteer experience had the deepest impact on you? What made it so impactful? Did you share the experience with someone else?

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some stellar articles on ways to make your mornings better, increasing your chances of home business success, and protecting your wallet and energy bill.

Top 5 Articles

14 Ways to Make Your Mornings Better — To make your mornings better, fuel up and don't cram too much into the mornings. [PopSugar Smart Living]

5 Tips to Increase Your Chances of Home Business Success — Increase your chances of home business success by getting the right business insurance. [Cash Money Life]