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No matter where you work, or who you work for, you will likely have a number of business lunches in your career. How do you handle a business lunch? Do you take the casual or professional approach? If it’s your first meeting, how do you make a great first impression? These are all valid questions. […]
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Welcome back to the Money Management Series! This week’s topic will explore the debt aspect of money management. According to NerdWallet, the average American household with debt carries $15,355 in credit card debt and $129,579 in total debt (think student loans, mortgages, and car loans). If you aren’t necessarily a household yet, you may have
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Do you find yourself living paycheck to paycheck? Do you put money into savings only to pull it out over the next few weeks? The ability to save money for the long haul is not as common as you’d think. Most young people wish they can save more money, but don’t know how. The CGS
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You’ve created a budget and set financial goals. Now, you need to get specific about saving. Money management rule #3 is all about saving, or the specifics of saving. To be able to manage your money, you need to be able to save. More specifically, you need to know where you can cut back to
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So, we’ve shared how your credit score breaks down in the article Your Credit Score Broken Down. However, the CGS Team hasn’t spent much time explaining the things that don’t actually affect your credit score. We recently came across an article from Cheapism that explains 15 things that have zero effect on your credit score.
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We covered the first rule of money management last week, so make sure you read the article Money Management Series Rule #1 Budget Your Money before moving on to rule #2. When you have a budget in place, you are ready to move forward in the money management process. You know what money is coming
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With the start of a new year comes new goals. But how do you know your goals are realistic and achievable? Especially when it comes to goals that involve saving money. When money is involved, it’s often easy to overestimate and not reach your goal amount. The CGS Team has come up with a few
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Welcome to the Money Management Series, City Girls! This specific series covers our 5 rules of money management. If followed appropriately, you should be able to manage your own money with no problem! Being in control of your finances makes you feel secure, stabile and overall less stressed out. Let this Money Management Series serve
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When it comes to dealing with debt, especially a lot of it, it can be hard to decide where to start. The lack of direction often leads people to ignore it all together. This is not healthy, in any circumstance. The thing is, the debt is there. It’s not going to magically disappear, and it’s
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