Rockstar Rumble, Round 2, Posts 49-56

Here are the latest games in the second round of the 2019 Rockstar Rumble. We've listed each "game" (one post versus another) along with wording provided by the author when the post was submitted. Also listed is a keyword after each post title to make it easy to vote. Be sure to vote for your favorites since you will help determine the winner! Criteria for the best article is what makes Rockstar content which includes these factors:

  • Starts with an interesting title
  • Includes unique content — we like posts that are edgy, feisty, funny, failure-focused, and super helpful
  • Easy to read
  • Positive/uplifting (vs. negative)

The voting will run for 48 hours. At that point, a winner will be named and will advance. You can follow the results in the brackets here. Please note, there is ONE VOTE PER PERSON. To be sure you see all games, click on the Rumble category link and scroll down. If you like great posts like these featured, you can subscribe to the Rockstar Finance weekday email and get the best personal finance articles delivered to your inbox. Today's games are brought to you by the great new book from Grant Sabatier: Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need. Here are today's games: GAME 25

  • Success Isn't About Money, It's About Peace (Peace) -- We spend so much of our time, time that we'll never get back, chasing money, our next job promotion, or some version of the traditional success narrative. But will we really have is this moment and we have the opportunity to define success on our own, instead of how much we have, how about how much peace we feel? 

VERSUS

  • How to Negotiate Salary: 7 Salary Negotiation Tips (Negotiate) -- If you think about it, those 5 minutes can bring you several thousand dollars, based on the increase in your yearly salary. Just a tiny bit of effort can make a world of difference. Unless you’re Bill Gates or someone like that, did you ever think you’ll get a chance to earn $5,000 for 5 minutes of work?

[poll id="221"] GAME 26

  • Waking Up At 5AM Changed My Life – Win The Morning, Win The Day (Win) -- Waking up at 5AM has helped give me purpose in the morning and sense of direction and discipline to work towards something bigger in life. The benefits stretch across my finances, health, personal productivity, business and more. It's a personal choice that fits my lifestyle and works for me, without a doubt I can say it has truly changed my life.

VERSUS

  • Hurricane Michael Taught Us How An Emergency Fund Can Save Your Life (Emergency) -- I always knew emergency funds were important, but I never considered the fact they could literally save your life. My community was devastated by Hurricane Michael and at least 43 people died in Florida due to the storm. If they had an emergency fund, some of those people could have made it out alive. Instead, they couldn't evacuate. Learn how an emergency fund can save your life. 

[poll id="222"] GAME 27

  • Cancer Awareness Month: Why I Won't Quit My Day Job (Cancer) -- By night I am a personal finance blogger, but by day I am an oncology psychologist. Although I do strive for financial independence, I'm not planning to retire early. I am passionate about my job, but it is emotionally taxing work. That's why it's important that I walk into work every day choosing to be there, not because of the golden handcuffs.

VERSUS

  • 3 Tiers of Financial Resiliency: How to Create a Shock-Proof Life (Resiliency) -- Americans today are in a weaker financial place than ever before. What would it take for you to break? If you want to shock-proof your finances and be stronger than ever then you have to take action in three areas: health, career, and your money. Being financially resilient means that you can weather hard times, recover quickly from difficult circumstances, and absorb the shocks that life throws your way. 

[poll id="223"] GAME 28

  • An Easy Hack To Save More Money and Become A Millionaire (Hack) -- The most common excuse I hear for not saving more is that people don’t want to make any "sacrifices." The savings accelerating approach described in this post eliminates that excuse. Not everybody will be able to become a Millionaire by age 43 like Jane in the post's example but the "hack" of saving just half of all raises may get you there quicker than you can imagine. 

VERSUS

  • Finding What You Value (Value) -- I write a lot about managing finances by limiting spending to your values. This is the first time I collect that together with a framework for determine what you value. It’s harder than it seems in today’s world.

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