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2023 Financial Forecast: How to Prepare for the Year Ahead

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Now, for the good news: Although there’s bound to be factors that are beyond your control, feeling more confident about your finances can help you navigate whatever comes your way. As you think about your personal finances heading into 2023, credit card debt should be top of mind. What does financial security look like in 2023?

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Transforming Your Relationship with Money

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It can be as simple as a missed credit card payment and the resulting fee haunting you from years past, or maybe you had a house foreclosure or car repossession. Complete the exercise by writing down the things you think would make you feel confident around your finances. Determine the facts. Change takes time.

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10 Modern-Day Leaders in Personal Growth

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Operating sans crystal ball or time machine, we can’t say with certainty, but we have a few ideas we feel pretty confident about. Her career started as a trading assistant on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, a position she left for publishing, working at Gourmet and Mademoiselle magazines.

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2 Important Rules for Attracting Wealthy Clients

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So do you immediately go and max out your credit card on a new Armani suit? Don’t go into credit card debt trying to impress a guy who can’t be impressed. Wear nice clothes that make you feel more confident and sure of yourself. . Part of that is the clothes he chooses to wear—his “confidence costume.”

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A Single Mother Struggling to Budget Weighs the Balance Between Just Surviving and Really Living

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Even more confident. These days, my biggest “little” indulgence is the way I use my credit card reward points. This article originally appeared in the November/December 2022 issue of SUCCESS magazine. When I went to buy it myself, I was a little taken aback to learn it cost over $200 for a little more than an ounce.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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What if he wrote down my name from my credit card and used it to find out who I was? Having allies at work isn’t just about having a confidant or an enforcer of policies. This article originally appeared in the November/December 2022 issue of SUCCESS magazine. The impact of toxic work environments.

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What I Learned from Keeping a Gratitude Journal

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One day he’ll walk out the door and end up somewhere exotic, tropical, freezing or remote, confident and curious. This article originally appeared in the April 2017 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. Gratitude journals are the opposite of work-intensive, requiring only a pen, pad and a handful of quiet moments.

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