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I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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The schools can't cover all the values that go along with how you handle your money. For example, a financial literacy class might not teach me to hate debt the way my grandmother, Big Mama did.
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You still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
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Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.
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I've found that when you can quickly knock out debt you get motivated because you see progress. Then you attack the other debt so fast that even if it's at a higher interest rate, you don't end up paying much more because you've gotten rid of it.
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Priorities lead to prosperity.
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That's is life. You move and change according to things that happen to you and things that you make happen because of poor choices.
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I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things don't go as plan.
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When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, Love you but no.
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You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.
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It's why this election was HORRIBLE. It was either Hilary is the devil and Trump a saint. Or Trump the devil and Hilary a saint. Can't we all have a decent, civil conversation without throwing shade?
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If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.
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Set up rules for when you will give not lend money. Never lend. My people know that I'll help with college. I'll help if they lose they job thu no fault of their own.
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A foreclosure does not define you financially.
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The sad thing is many people learn how to manage money after they've made a lot of financial mistakes, some that take decades to fix.
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There are some dark days when I do receive some racist mail or emails. But overall the response to me has been very positive. Readers relate to me not just as an African-American, but as an American trying to make sense of her personal finance, just like them.
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We all fall - even me.
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Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.
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We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.
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No matter who is in the White House, I just keep doing what my grandmother taught me. Hate debt. Save. The best any of us can do really.
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There are other ways to motivate students than requiring them to take on debt or work long hours taking away from their studies. For example, we don't allow our kids to work during the school hours their freshman year. After that, they can work a little but not so much that it hurts their education.
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