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Michelle Singletary
Age: 55
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Financial Planner
Journalist
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I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.
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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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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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Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will 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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If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.
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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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You still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
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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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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
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Priorities lead to prosperity.
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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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The key to making sure your credit stays good is paying the bill on time. If you are paying the balance off even if there is something on the card in recent purchases, you are good.
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I write for people who are good money managers and want to know how to be even better stewards over their money.
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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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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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You shouldn't invest the money if you are looking to use it within five years. Too much risk.
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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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