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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
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Remember life insurance is intended as income replacement to help dependents and or/spouse pay for things that your income would have covered. When you get to the point that you're dependents (Your kids mostly) aren't dependent on your income, you could reduce the amount of life insurance you are carrying.
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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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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income.
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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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My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.
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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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My husband and I are pretty good at leaving money alone until we need it for what we've saved it for.
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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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I've decided to keep working until my last kid is thu college.
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I use my financial values to set my limitations. I have three children I want to put through college debt free. So that means I can't spend wildly or with disregard.
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Save what you can toward the emergency and life happens fund. But don't worry yourself sick at the slow growth. The point is it's growing even it's just one dollar at at time.
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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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Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will 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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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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Priorities lead to prosperity.
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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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Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose your job or income.
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