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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.

Suze Orman

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Suze Orman
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 5
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If you have a 50 percent match and you get in trouble financially, you can either withdraw money as a loan, or withdraw the 50 percent match. If you take it out, you have to pay taxes on it, but you still come out ahead.
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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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In order to live a rich life, everything about who you are must be one, in alignment, and in pure harmony.
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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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If there is anyone dependent on your income - parents, children, relatives - you need life insurance.
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I've learned an encyclopedia version of life from Oprah Winfrey.
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As our net worth falls, so does our self-worth. Ironically, it's when we don't have it that we most feel we have to flaunt it.
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... true financial freedom doesn't depend on how much money you have. Financial freedom is when you have power over your fears and anxieties instead of the other way around.
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Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'
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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 the only thing you can use even if you don't have any. ... There's always a credit card.
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It's not selfish to give TO yourself as much as you give OF yourself
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Those carrying a credit card balance should scale back to making the minimum payment each month so they have more money to put into savings.
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Credit card companies are jacking up interest rates, lowering credit limits, and closing accounts - and people who have made timely payments are not exempt. So even if you pay off your balance - and that's tough when interest rates are insanely high - there's a good chance your credit limit will be slashed, and that will hurt your FICO score.
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Cut back your spending now.
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Oprah deserves the best. I am not the best when it comes to divorce. What do I know about divorce? Nothing at that time.
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Believing you are worthy of love means that you believe I deserve to be treated well - with respect and dignity. I deserve to be cherished and adored by someone. I am worthy of an intimate and fulfilling relationship. I won't settle for less than I deserve. I will do whatever it takes to create that for myself.
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