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‘Money Boss’ Jo Davison’s 5 Steps for Taking Control of Your Finances

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So, don’t get stressed about that,’” she says. This method has worked for her for years and takes the stress out of large or unexpected expenses. Maybe you’re saving to start your own business or you want a house down payment, retirement fund, college fund, or you’re itching to get debt-free.

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Transforming Your Relationship with Money

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Money issues can be deep-seated and convoluted, so a professional counselor specifically trained in emotional stress around finances might be a good option to support you on this journey. For others, it could look like setting aside money for a true want, instead of a need, in order to help you start to break the scarcity mindset.

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How to Forgive

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In 2003 I took a low-stress job at a church to build a music program for young people. The pastor trusted me to build an amazing program, and I fully expected to stay in this blissful situation until I retired. This article appears in the April 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. I was so happy to get this job.

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

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And fantasy, I’ve learned, is important, especially when your default setting is a fiscally stressful reality and “hobbies” that include devouring articles on finance, budgeting, inflation and retirement. I do have retirement accounts and 529s, though both have tanked, while my grocery bill (like everyone else’s) has crept up.

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Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement

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Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Manufacturing » July 01, 2010 Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement The US News article The Number One Obstacle to Retirement points out that non-mortgage debt is a significant problem for many Americans. 

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

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Instead, in an effort to avoid conflict altogether, they are far more likely to quit, which could have a negative impact on their earning potential, retirement account contributions, health care coverage and other financial employee benefits. According to the American Psychological Association, some of the leading causes of stress in the U.S.

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The Quest for My Best Sales Month Ever

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The other offers me an unsolicited assignment to write about the relationships that formed after a retired soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder sent his Purple Heart to a NASCAR driver. The answer: A story for a baseball season preview magazine for which I have written occasionally. What could I write then?

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