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Exciting Ways to Slash Debt (pt 2)
The Deadly Wedge.
We use wedges every day without thinking. When we chop wood, half our grapefruit, or shave our armpits we are using a wedge of one sort or another.
The wedge has also found applications for warfare, both ancient and modern. According to Wikipedia, “this V-shaped arrangement began as a successful military strategy in ancient times when infantry units would move forward in wedge formations to smash through an enemy’s lines. … It was used to great effect by the Roman legions, with the wedge proving effective in campaigns in Brittian… where a greatly outnumbered Roman army used it to defeat the Iceni (a Brittonic tribe). ” Even today civilian police use a wedge formation for riot control.
Let’s employ the power of the wedge to destroy our common enemy, debt. I have used a wedge-shaped payment pattern to great effect in my personal campaign against debt, and, like the outnumbered Roman legions, have achieved wonderful success. Here is my plan of attack.
I usually deploy a wedge payment formation starting on Mondays and ending on Fridays. In this example, I have made an increasing payment throughout the week: one…