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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? In an effort to soothe these discomforts at the office, I would decompress at happy hours, hire personal trainers and purchase loose-fitting clothes—all of which impacted my ability to save and invest.

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The Mel Robbins Guide to Screwing Up

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You remain snugly in your comfort zone because your feelings tell you to, and it’s your feelings that you have to overcome if you want to take that risk, launch that idea or send that proposal. Ask for a discount before you purchase something. You won’t do what feels hard. In Rejection Therapy, rejection is the only way to win.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

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RBI draws flank from panel : The carte blanche given to private and foreign banks by the Reserve Bank of India to charge interest rates on credit cards at their whims and fancy has come in for severe criticism by the parliamentary standing committee on finance. per cent in April 2011 has angered small business owners.

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