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“Act your wage.”

“Broke people giving financial advice is like a shop teacher with missing fingers.”

“Debt is normal! So why be normal?”

“Diligence = disciplined excellence over time.”

“Fear is the enemy of hope.”

“Financial peace isn't the acquisition of stuff. It's learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can't win until you do this.”

“Generosity is a character quality that you choose.”

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“Get in Total Attack Mode. All you have to do is execute, execute, execute now. If your friends that are broke aren’t making fun of you, then you are not on track. If your family says, “Look, they’ve joined a cult!” then you are right on track.”

“I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.”

“If broke people are making fun of your financial plan, you’re on track.”

“If you want something you’ve never had, you’ll have to do something you’ve never done.”

“If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.”

“Personal finance isn’t rocket science. It’s just common sense. It’s how your grandparents lived. If you don’t have the money, you can’t buy it!”

“Poor is a state of mind. Broke is, “I’m just passing through.”

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“Stupid is not illegal.”

“Success is a pile of failure that you are standing on.”

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“Life is not easy. But that’s not the only truth that matters in this context. It also happens to be true that it takes just as much effort to have a bad life, in which you don’t get what you want, as it does to have a good life, where you do. So given the choice, why not go for the good life?”


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“There's a whole generation growing up thinking the government exists to care for them.”

“Without a mission statement, you may get to the top of the ladder and then realize it was leaning against the wrong building!”

“You can’t work three hours a week and make $100,000. Get rich quick doesn’t work. Crock pot mentality always defeats microwave mentality!”

“You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.”

“You must plan your work and then work your plan.”

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“You wanna blow money? Put it in a “blow” category in your budget. But at least admit it on paper!”

“Your budget must balance! You are not Congress!”

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“Having children doesn’t make you a good parent, it means you had sex. That’s all.”

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“If you as a leader allow people to halfway do their jobs and don’t demand excellence as a prerequisite to keeping their job, you will create a culture of mediocrity.”

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“If you don’t own the goal and it doesn’t come from your dream, then you won’t have the toughness to persevere when the going gets tough. Everyone who wins must push through obstacles, lots of them. Big goals require big backbone. Wimps need not apply.”

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“Parents who let teens run around with unearned adult freedoms are naive and stupid.”

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“The problem with your company is not the economy, it is not the lack of opportunity, it is not your team. The problem is you. That is the bad news. The good news is, if you're the problem, you're also the solution. You're the one person you can change the easiest. You can decide to grow. Grow your abilities, your character, your education, and your capacity. You can decide who you want to be and get about the business of becoming that person.”

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“The weird thing is that the more efficient, on task, on goal you are with your time, the more energy you have. Working with no traction, or for that matter simply wasting a day, does not relax you, it drains you.”

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“The written goal is the breakfast of champions. You just can’t do big things without making your goals specific, measurable, yours, with a time limit, and in writing.”

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“The Poverty Game Plan:

- Take no responsibility for your life circumstances. Blame everyone but yourself.
- Do not read to learn or for self-improvement – read for entertainment.
- Seek instant gratification.
- Gamble.
- Forge bad habits. and “do nothing” habits.
- Spend 100% or more of what you make for a living.
- Overextend yourself (i.e. buying or renting a home/car you can’t afford)
- Criticize, condemn and complain.
- Make decisions out of fear.
- Do not seek out mentors.
- Be afraid to ask for what you want.
- Avoid or ignore feedback.
- Do not challenge yourself – stay within your comfort zone.
- Do not control your thoughts and emotions.
- Say whatever is on your mind – do not control the words that come out of your mouth.
- Associate with negative, toxic people.
- No clear vision of who you want to be.
- Do not pursue dreams and goals.
- Set bad goals – buying stuff, expensive vacations, etc.
- Quit when the going gets tough.
- Be negative, pessimistic and cynical about everything.
- Trust no one.
- Gossip.
- Belittle others.
- Be untrustworthy – cheat on your spouse or significant other, backstab friends, colleagues and co-workers.
- Eat in excess
- Drink alcohol in excess.
- Take recreational drugs.
- Don’t exercise or exercise sporadically.
- Buy whatever you feel like buying immediately and without thinking about the consequences – engage in spontaneous or emotional spending.
- Supersize your life – increase your spending as your income increases.
- Live for today and never plan for your future.
- Fail to meet the expectations of others.
- Ignore laws and rules – lie, cheat and steal in order to shortcut success.”


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