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What Makes a Saver?

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In order to fit in, you might want to dress the same way your co workers dress or drive a similar quality car or send the kids to that upscale private school. But, in college, I spent my summer earnings – on clothes, on a used car and on school activities. Included here is peer pressure. Temperament.

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Teaching Children to Sell Helps Them Excel

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Do you think of sleazy used car salesmen or high pressure tactics used on you by a door to door saleswoman? You have to sell your ability, experience, training and ability to fit in to the organization. What does your mind conjure up when the world salesperson is mentioned? Why Teach Your Child To Sell? Want a job?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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When you can’t fit all your investments into tax advantaged accounts, which investments should be given priority: stocks or bonds?” , and says, “Because you have to pay taxes on interest, dividends, and realized gains, an investment that loses less of its returns to taxes is said to be more tax efficient.