A self-made millionaire shares her recipe for success, happiness and financial freedom
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Not long ago, I worked on a project (I’ll call it “Project Chicken Little”) that took me back — emotionally — to a time when I had to don a frock with a pinned-on name tag, drag myself to work and punch a time card. I hadn’t felt so disempowered, nor shed so many tears [...]
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What stands between you and your financial success? In my experience, big life changes happen when you are willing to identify these two things: 1) What do you want money to do for you? Try this: Imagine that your fairy godmother sprinkles magic dust upon you while you sleep tonight. Her magic removes all obstacles [...]
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I’m going to share something with you today that you really need to understand – on a gut level – before you can be rich and happy. Are you ready? Here it is: Even if you learn ALL there is to know about money (how to make it, save it, invest it), if your relationships [...]
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You know what you want. If anything was possible, you know what you would do. What is holding you back? More times than not, I realize that barriers are self-imposed and that obstacles are meant to be navigated around. Then one of two things happen: I push ahead, jump over the obstacles, and do what [...]
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The traditional view of achievement assumes that results come from a combination of talent and desire. Therefore, when you fail, it must be because you are not talented enough or that you don’t want it bad enough. However, failure also occurs when talent and desire are abundantly present — but optimism is missing! Why is [...]
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It’s been my experience that frugality can run the continuum from miserly to magnificent. When I was a child, I never went a day without a nutritious meal or a warm bed. Still, I recall times when I perceived my family as poor. In the school cafeteria, I furtively slipped my free lunch ticket to [...]
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Rango is concerned about inflation because Kibble is up 99 cents a bag… …That’s almost $7.00 in dog money. Visit Puppies Are Prozac for cute, funny animal photos to chase the grumpies away. “New studies suggest that cute images stimulate the same pleasure centers of the brain aroused by sex, a good meal or psychoactive [...]
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Known from the blogosphere to national TV as “The Millionaire Mommy Next Door”, Jen Smith went from earning minimum wage as a graveyard shift donut and coffee pusher to financial freedom as a self-made millionaire by age 40. Jen bootstrapped half a dozen small businesses while working from home in her pajamas. She learned how to invest in the stock market and in herself. Her story is more than a rags to riches story, it's a rags to a rich life story.
Now Jen is on a mission to inspire and empower others through financial education so they too can enjoy the life they want to live. Jen freely shares her recipe for success, happiness and financial freedom via writing, blogging, speaking and coaching. As part of her commitment to community, Jen pledges her blogging revenue as 0% microloans through Kiva.org to small businesses operated by working, impoverished women in developing countries.
