Tag: finance
The One Word That Will Change the Way Brand Yourself — A Conversation with Michael Ehrlich
When I got to the NFL, my agent told me, “F**k your ‘brand’. Your brand will come from what you do ON the field, not off it.”
Start the New Year Right: Basic Budgeting to Free Up Your Money
There is nothing people talk about more and do less than budgeting.
5 Tips for Saving Money (and Pain) Buying Your First House
I had just signed a contract with the NFL and wanted to own the American Dream: I wanted to buy a house. Then the bank and my realtor went crazy on me.
7 Simple Defensive Moves to Avoid Bullshitters, Liars and Bad Deals
When I was in the NFL, people asked me for money almost every day. Old friends, strangers, even family would pop out of the woodwork with their hands out. At first I wanted to help everyone, but after a while I smartened up and learned to call bullshit on people with a few key questions.
3 Books that Made Me Money & Changed My Life (Part 1)
“Knowledge is power.”
10 Smart Money Moves that Saved My…Assets
My first year in the NFL, I found myself $30,000 in debt before I played my first snap. Then boom: before getting my first NFL paycheck, I’d already had my first surgery.