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Their neighbor calls to invite them to go shopping-the Memorial Day sale is onA chance to save some moneyThey say to themselves, "I won't buy anything But just in case they find something, they tuck that clean credit card inside their wallet
I run into this young couple all the timeTheir names change, but their financial dilemma is the sameThey come to one of my talks to hear what I have to sayThey ask me, "Can you tell us how to make more money?" Their spending habits have caused them to seek more income
They don't even know that the trouble is really how they choose to spend the money they do have, and that is the real cause of their financial struggleIt is caused by financial illiteracy and not understanding the difference between an asset and a liability
More money seldom solves someone's money problems Intelligence solves problems, There is a saying a friend of mine says over and over to people in debt
"If you find you have dug yourself into a hole
As a child, my dad often told us that the Japanese were aware of three powers; "The power of the sword, the jewel and the mirror
The sword symbolizes the power of weaponsAmerica has spent trillions of dollars on weapons and, because of this, is the supreme military presence in the world
The jewel symbolizes the power of moneyThere is some degree of truth to the saying, "Remember the golden ruleHe who has the gold makes the rules
The mirror symbolizes the power of self-knowledgeThis self-knowledge, according to Japanese legend, was the most treasured of the three
The poor and middle class all loo often allow the power of money to control themBy simply getting up and working harder, failing to ask themselves if what they do makes sense, they shoot themselves in the foot as they leave for work every morningBy not fully understanding nioney, the vast majority of people allow the awesome power of money to control the