uccess With Money
uccess With Money
Your Personal Guide to Achieving Success With Your Money and Your Life
With the dawn of auto-calculating cash registers, it is surprising how little attention people pay to the change they get back from their purchases. But in truth, learning how to calculate mentally the change expected from a purchase and then counting what is actually received is a worthwhile practice.
Counting your change is a simple skill, but it is one that is becoming less and less practiced. In fact many people have no idea how to do it. It is a good skill to learn and practice consistently.
An interesting tool is provided at http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html which gives you a chance to practice and improve your skills in this area. It’s even fun.
A purchase is presented along with the money you give the clerk. You mentally compute how much change you should get back (clicking on the bills and coins offered and stating how many of each are called for) and get congratulated or informed of your mistake.
It is more of a game than anything else.
It is not uncommon for people to receive the wrong change from a clerk, even with the automated equipment. It is also not uncommon for the wrong amount of money to be given when cashing a check, even at a bank.
People often lose money and never know it. Losing a little change may not be extremely significant but the truth is that when you are careless with small amounts you will tend to be careless with larger amounts as well.
The intelligent thing is to practice care with all your money. Counting change is a part of that practice.
There is another good reason to calculate and count your change. While counting change is an elementary skill and some might say petty, it really isn't.
Counting change is a part of learning to pay attention to your money. Paying attention to details is essential to effectiveness with money.
Counting change is associated with money consciousness. Start counting your change today. And stay aware of money in all other situations as well. This small change will help make you more aware of money and help keep you moving toward greater success with your money.
