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"The main thing that keeps me going is I really see creating media as an opportunity to help people discover something that they didn’t necessarily know before, or get them curious to discover more about something about their world or themselves that they didn’t know. That’s exciting to me."
"There's a lot of research that the best thing for children is financial security. Not only is it great for women but for our economy overall. We need women to be working and earning, and taking responsibility for their personal finances."
"I'm in my early 30s trying hard to save money between contributing to my retirement account, future house down payment, travel funds, and emergency savings. That doesn't leave much left over to buy fancy clothes, shoes or cars. My question is... how do you fight the urge to keep up with the Joneses?"
"I started my own company because I was fed up with the industry of financial planners... I got sick of my bosses telling me, "You have to work with a 55 year old, white couple that's looking to retire tomorrow with a million dollars." Because that's not my life, right? That's not who I connect with."
"I asked my friend, "Hey! Can I take over the front part of your mosaic tile studio? I see an opportunity here to sell art." And she said, "Yes!" So, I started having exhibitions and reaching out to artists that I love, to say, "Hey! would you like to join my portfolio? I don't really know what I'm doing yet, but would you like to?" And, over the last 3 years I've amassed a beautiful collection of emerging artists."
"With the Equifax hack I was wondering what steps you're taking to protect yourself? I'm reading a lot of information online about signing up for credit monitoring vs. credit freezing. There's a lot of confusing information."
"These days you can be the best in your field, but you still might not really be able to make a living from what you do. You have to get smart about how to monetize it because that is often a completely different skill set than whatever your profession is."
"I'm pushing myself every day to try to think more about what are the things and stories that I really care about? Like building the community of people who are really into building business, being entrepreneurial and taking chances and risks. I'm trying every single day to be closer and closer to that...The closer I am to being fulfilled, the more successful I feel."
"My husband and I have $30K in credit card debt from when he was sick and unable to work. We have about $300K in retirement and $50K in cash savings. Should we use the cash to pay off the credit card debt even though not having the cash savings gives me a bit of an anxiety attack?"
