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Earned income comes from what you "do for a living."
Evaluate your income situation annually.
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To ensure that you save enough money, your wants should not exceed your budget.
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Assess your situation. Build an investment policy statement that will provide general investment goals and objectives.
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The foundation for every personal pursuit in life is to invest in yourself. It can take years. How you can do it:
Once you have ideas, you want to put your ideas to work. If you do that, you can start creating value. When we create value, we generate income.
During the pandemic for example, most restaurant owners had to focus on other ideas to generate income. Building wealth is not easy. We need a constant supply of ideas.
It is anything that will increase your wealth without personal labor.
Assets that don't generate cash, but might increase in value.
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Learn how to spend on the things that matter to you.
Consider your values and priorities when you draw up your spending plan. If going on vacation or giving to a charity is important to you, include those items in your spending plan.
Pay down your high-interest debt as quickly as possible.
While some types of low-interest or tax-deductible debt can help you along the way, high-interest debt rarely has a good purpose.
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Frugality means resisting the temptation to spend more than you earn.
Self-made millionaires choose moderation over extremes. They often buy used cars, don't live in the most expensive houses and don't try to time the investment market.
A defining characteristic of many millionaires are their willingness to work hard and stick it out in high-paying careers until they are financially independent.