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How Growing Your Finances Is Like Gardening

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So do finances. If you give the same care to you finances that you give your garden, both should grow. You wouldn’t think of planting your day lily in the middle of an interstate, so don’t think of planting your finances in a hostile environment. It’s the same way with finances. Use good stock.

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Scarcity – The Good and the Bad

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You may refuse to give credit or fail to put forth a great idea for fear it will be stolen. A mentality of plenty, on the other hand, helps you work with others to build on each others ideas and talents; helps you share credit (which helps build your network leading to potential future opportunities) and more. Why is scarcity bad?

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Benefit from My Financial Mistakes

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I ended up with a BA in Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial Psychology – and couldn’t get a good paying job of any sort after graduating! It would have pleased my folks if I had accepted and it would have helped our finances out too! I refused to accept offered help. I failed at negotiation.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. 20′s Finances: Hiring a Property Manager: What it Offers You Real Estate Investments can be time consuming.

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Find out how Maureen Paid off $79,540 in Credit Card & Student Loan Debt

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Besides writing on my personal finance blog, A Debt Free Stress Free Life, I’m an adjunct professor at a local college and own a residential and commercial cleaning business. in credit card debt, and an additional $28,756.17 How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? How long did it take you? I had $50,784.35

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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At the same time my credit card debt was slowly creeping upward too thanks to my minimal income. Personally I believe that getting out of debt is as much about psychology as it is about systems and processes. My biggest wins for saving money came from psychological tricks I’d employ. Initially it all seemed fine.

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