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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted.

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How to Find Your Money ‘Why’

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Becoming more concretely aware of cultural, familial and personal values might thus be an important key to better personal finance. In her book Loaded , behavioral economist Sarah Newcomb writes about these values in terms of “needs” and explains that the infamous “latte factor” can in fact be scratching the need for “social connection.”

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The Side Hustler’s Handbook

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Another example: You are a marketing leader for a national company and you just sold a book on the side. Because not everyone wants to hire an expensive landscaper. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. An example: No one will care about my product or service.

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During a Recession, Entrepreneurs Are in the Driver’s Seat

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Robert Kiyosaki, best-selling author of the Rich Dad Poor Dad book series, said entrepreneurs who break away from typical jobs and create their own sources of income are in the best position to weather an economic storm. A 2019 report from the U.S. But every aspect of life is steadily growing more expensive. Robbins asks.

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

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In this book, she presents evidence that while large philanthropic donations and headline-making policy changes may get most of our media attention, they are not the only tools to achieve peace. Sexism and gender bias, report Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female Prime Minister and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister.

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