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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Their 2017 goal is to pay off the remaining balance on their mortgage ($27,900) and be DEBT FREE! Jackie and her husband paid off $147,000 of debt in 10 years and are debt free. Shannon from Growing Slower says her most powerful strategy to achieving their goal was to write it down and have a plan.

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Financial Peace University | Marriage & Money

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It is also full of the inspiring testimonies of ordinary people who have become debt-free. Dave gives practical advice for business owners and entrepreneurs about building and growing a small business. We have completed two sessions so far and we both feel very energized and motivated about our finances and our future.

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Start Small; Dream Big: Achieving Financial Security From Small Beginnings

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This dream motivates you to put in the effort. So, build your bridge; plan to be financially secure, whatever that means to you. When I found a new way, I bought a small treat and then put the rest into my growing savings account. Otherwise, it just doesn’t happen. Plan to have a few hiccoughs along the way.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Carrie. It took just over a year (14 months to be exact) before I paid off all my debts and became debt free! I was only bringing home a net income of $3,000 a month, so paying $1,000 each month towards my debt was a lot of money, and took a lot of sacrificing.

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. We started paying it off when we got married and became debt free just shy of our second anniversary. What inspired you to become debt free? I had watched my parents pay off their debt, including their house, when I was a pre-teen, which really influenced me.

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