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"I try to live my life in silo of external pressures. The things that I've done, I’ve done because I wanted to. And because they’ve made me happy and they motivate me. Rather than, “Hey, I’m going to do this so that I can get on Forbes 30 under 30.”
"If I could give millennials one piece of advice, it’s to continue to learn. If your six-figure degree maybe didn’t get you where you want to be, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t hundreds of resources out there to find a career you really love."
"I split my son's savings between his Roth IRA and general stock market investments. Should he be contributing to his Roth IRA first until he hits the max amount and if any funds are left over then put in general investment?"
"I think we live in a very interconnected world. When I first started SheTakesOnTheWorld.com, I was building my first business, traveling the world and documenting the experience on this little personal blog. Now, we reach a community of tens of thousands from all over the planet."
"I was smart enough to start asking the question, “What are successful people doing that I’m not doing?” And I began reaching out to mentors who pushed me and steered me... One by one, I started acting upon those principles and those practices."
"I don’t spend a lot of time in the negative with my clients. I’ve been schooled in positive psychology so we spend a lot of time thinking through what you want and how to get there. We're not dwelling on why you’re not there."
"I’m teaching students to become debt-free every single day. How can I teach them that if I’m not doing it myself? I think that’s counterintuitive. So, I used my class as my motivation, I made them my accountability partner in this process."
"My hubby and I are debt free, but have basically zero retirement saved. We want to begin investing for retirement immediately, but we also want to buy a house. We currently have 5% of a down payment. What should we do?"
"You’ve got to be aware that sometimes even when you’re doing everything right, you can stumble and you can get booted out. That’s just the way that the economy goes these days. That’s just the new way of doing business."
