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These experiences have been chronicled in her books "Girl, Get Your Money Straight: A Sister's Guide to Healing Your Bank Account"; "Girl, Make your Money Grow!: A Sister's Guide to Protecting Your Future (with Gail Perry-Mason)"; and "Girl, Get Your Credit Straight!: A Sister's Guide to Ditching Your Debt," and have launched her on bestselling lists and appearances on the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
"Sisters ain't got no money will get their hair and nails done," she said. "We are more immediate and not long term. At our dinner table we're not talking about investment or savings or telling (our) kids 'you have to make a sacrifice.' We don't have those types of discussions. I think it's slowly but surely changing. I want to believe that's changing.""Many of the folks in our community simply don't have a background in managing their resources. It's how you manage, how you utilize it," [Veronica Adams] said. 'It's easy to get in debt, it's very difficult to get out. One rule of thumb is if you've got money in your pocket and can pay cash, pay cash. Be able to go in a store with money and be able to walk out with that same money."See the full content of this document
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Debt: The Emotional, Psychological Drive of Money
Spending money amounts to more than just dollars and cents.
There's an emotional connection to money that can go as far back as a paper route or a cherished piggy bank. How one deals with those memories can directly affect a person's financial future.Financial expert and author Glinda Bridgforth of Bridgforth Financial says many people are not prepared to deal with their finances on a real-world level. But ...See the full content of this document
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