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The Best Financial Planning Advice I've Ever Received...
One of our other coaches received this feedback and I wanted to share it.  Cheryle has expressed how the Money Mastery coaching services she received were the best financial planning advice she's ever had:

Cheryle P. (Utah):
When beginning the Money Mastery program, I was basically ignorant of my total income as well as where it was going. 
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Their Help to Get Out of Debt Eliminated My Stress...
When my clients tell me that Money Mastery is the best thing to come into their life, I just have to share their comments with everyone else:

Bruce E. (Utah):
I have to tell you that the Money Mastery® program has been the best thing to come into my financial life.  I’d been living month-to-month, blind.  I didn’t know where my money was going and had no plan to get out of debt.  It was really frustrating.  Now I have total control every month and it’s so easy to keep track of my spending.
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Our Money Mastery Financial Coach Helps us Make Sound Financial Decisions
This e-mail expression is just another reason why I continue coaching!

Bob & Dorina C. (New York): 
Thanks to the Money Mastery® system, we now are following the right path to a much more secure financial future.  We have learned a great deal about ourselves financially as well as emotionally thanks to you.
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Sound Financial Planning Advice Is Helping Me Pay off my Credit Cards in Just 18 Months
Peter and I know the Money Mastery Principles bless people's lives.  But when we hear just how it helps our clients, I can't resist sharing.  I have used only the first name to protect privacy.

Birk P. (Nebraska)
All of my married life I have spent month after month just barely getting by.  My wife and I have come a long way over the years and we now have a family of seven with a moderately comfortable lifestyle.  Yet it seems that every month the money is just a little too tight.  The credit cards are always tempting us with another big ticket purchase.
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If People Had Listened to Mortgage Crisis Predictions 10 Years Ago, They Might Not Need Debt Settlement Help Today
I stumbled on an article the other day from the New York Times on Fannie Mae and began reading it.  Suddenly in the middle of it I realized I was reading a reprint of an article by Steven Holmes from 1999.  I couldn’t help but be chilled by some of what I read about the financial problems the mortgage industry (read more)
More about the Average Millionaire American
I read Peter's blog with interest and thought I'd add my own take on the American millionaire mindset....

Did you know that the average wealthy American has $1.4 million in assets, and $275,000 in debts, for a net worth of $1.1 million?
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What Millionaires Do that You Don’t…
vFew people today consider hanging on to a house or a job for two or three decades…but that’s exactly how some of the nation’s millionaires became so wealthy.  They bought a house 30 years previous and hung onto it until it appreciated into a half a million dollar asset, then sold it.
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Mistakes We Make with Our Children about Money
There’s nothing more disturbing to me that watching some of my clients feel obligated to take care of every financial need their child has.  I’m not surprised by this behavior, however, because I think it stems from a cultural expectation that began with the Baby Boomer generation around the end of World War II.  It’s my belief that young couples who began having childrenv (read more)
Make More Money...Think Outside the W-2 Box
In today’s economy, the need to make more money is paramount. But most people I talk to feel trapped in their W-2 jobs, either having taken a pay cut, dissatisfied with the amount they make and knowing that salary increases are unlikely, (read more)
My Personal Recipe for Financial Success
Money is emotional, not mathematical.

Most people don’t understand this.  They think that getting in control financially comes from making more money — in other words, adding dollars on top of dollars — like math.  

But this isn’t so.  Money is an issue of the mind and because it is, it must be handled carefully using a system, otherwise our finances get completely out of control and instead of us leading our money around making it do what we want, we are pushed around by our finances.
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