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30 New Year’s Resolution Ideas to Make 2024 Healthier, Happier & More Secure

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Save more for retirement. Increase contributions to retirement accounts such as your 401(k) or IRA. Empower yourself to live debt-free by paying down high-interest debts such as credit cards. Improve your credit score. Resolutions to boost relationships Grow your personal network. Reduce debt.

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Lessons From Past Recessions

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How much debt do I have (credit cards, student loans, car loans, mortgages, etc.)? Am I anticipating any major life events with significant expenses attached (like a new baby or retirement)? Many wait until after a job loss to sharpen their existing skills or reach out to their network. Beef up your emergency fund.

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16 Rich Habits

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Stay away from accumulating credit card debt. Contribute as much as you can afford to a retirement plan. Instead, these successful people use their free time engaged in personal development, networking, volunteering, working side jobs or side businesses , or pursuing some goal that will lead to rewards down the road.

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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? This is difficult to accomplish for new or younger employees who don’t have extensive or influential professional networks. What if he knew the front desk agent and found out exactly what hotel and room I was staying in?

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Ep 243: Nicole Grinnell on Delegation and Unlocking Your Productivity Potential

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ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Nicole Grinnell 5:57 Yeah, so I’m the CEO that I was mainly supporting, actually retired. Jeremy Burrows 8:08 Nice.

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3 Steps to Take Before Going Into Business for Yourself

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Next, you’ll need to consider your current company benefits such as health insurance and retirement plans. Additionally, many companies offer a retirement plan and match employees’ contributions. That’s free money going toward your retirement that you’ll need to start saving yourself. Create a plan.

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7 Unexpected Ways Your Finances Matter When Job Hunting And Working

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One of the most surprising things for me was to learn that not all companies will give you an expense account or a company credit card. The company will ask that you charge everything from business travel to catered lunches on your credit card and they will reimburse you. Have a huge savings account.