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When someone chooses to value herself over the things she can buy, true transformation begins.

Suze Orman

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Suze Orman
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 5
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Financial Adviser
Motivational Speaker
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Time and love are the most valuable possessions you can share.
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After you marry, every asset either of you acquires is jointly held. That's why you both need to be in sync on your long-term financial goals, from paying off the mortgage to putting away for retirement. Ideally, you should talk about all this before you wed. If you don't, you can end up deeply frustrated and financially spent.
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We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts.
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Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.
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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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One has to ask what is the goal of life? What is the goal of life? My interpretation of it for myself, a very wise teacher once taught me this, is to meet the needs of the people, places and the times around you and offering those services to God.
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Put your financial life on autopilot as a form of 'forced' saving.
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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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I look around and there are needs that people have. Places have needs. These times have needs, and I have the education and the ability to communicate with it and help to solve those needs.
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In January we start saving money, getting out of credit card debt, funding our retirement accounts, and we're doing wonderful. Then, every single year like clockwork, starting in November, all of you fall into this trap that says, 'I have to buy this gift... I can't show up at this party and not have something for everybody.
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The way to build your savings is by spending less each month.
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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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True generosity must benefit both parties. No woman can control her destiny if she doesn't give to herself as much as she gives of herself.
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