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Suze Orman
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 5
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What's keeping you from being rich? In most cases it's simply a lack of belief. In order to become rich, you must believe you can do it, and you must take the actions necessary to achieve your goal.
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The truth is women in the workplace don't have to fight nearly as hard for opportunities, or to dispel stereotypes, as they did before.
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Money is the currency of life because it is the external measurement system that all of us have as to how we judge where we are in our own lives.
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The truth is that you are nothing more than the custodian of your inner and outer wealth while you are on this planet. All you have to decide is what kind of custodian do you want to be? Do you want to be a good custodian of your inner and outer wealth? Or a bad custodian?
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People have got to learn: if they don't have cookies in the cookie jar, they can't eat cookies.
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Time and love are the most valuable possessions you can share.
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Money is the only thing you can use even if you don't have any. ... There's always a credit card.
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If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.
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A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.
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Absolutely pay off credit card debt. If you're not getting a match in your 401(k) and you've got credit card debt, you've got to get yourself out of credit card debt. When you get out of credit card debt, your credit score goes up and interest starts to go down.
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A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.
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Make it a priority to have at least eight months of living costs set aside in a federally insured bank or credit union account.
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If you're not staying on top of your money, you are putting your financial well-being at risk.
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If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible.
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For all your long-term investments, such as retirement accounts that you won't touch for at least ten years, you need a mix of stocks and bonds. Stocks offer the best shot at inflation-beating gains. But stocks don't always go up. That's where bonds come into play: They have less upside potential, but they also do not pack the same risk.
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Women need to turn their attention from saving their spouse, their mothers, their this, their that, their kids, to putting that financial oxygen mask on their face first. When they're solid, they can pick up the whole world.
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Every financial worry you want to banish and financial dream you want to achieve comes from taking tiny steps today that put you on a path toward your goals.
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No well-planned retirement should be without long term care insurance. It is the very cornerstone of retirement security.
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If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that there's not a whole lot of money for school, they won't have too many options.
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People often panic when the markets go down and sell off their stocks - but then they aren't in the game when the markets are doing well.
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