3 Steps to Avoiding Financial Crisis

3 Steps to Avoiding Financial Crisis
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The state of the economy, and our country as we know it, is crazy at the moment. But I don’t want you to live in fear. I want you to take a deep breath, and know that you can control your financial future. Here are three things you should do with your money right now.

1. Write down your financial goals

I recently read about a Harvard study on written goals. They asked students if they had set clear, written goals for their future and made plans to accomplish them. Only 3 percent of them had written down their goals and plans. Thirteen percent had goals, but hadn’t written them down. And 84 percent of respondents didn’t have any goals at all.
Rachel Cruze
Rachel Cruze
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Rachel Cruze is the host of The Rachel Cruze Show and The Rachel Cruze Show Podcast, and a best-selling author, including “Love Your Life, Not Theirs” and “Smart Money Smart Kids,” which she co-wrote with her father, Dave Ramsey. Follow Cruze at RachelCruze.com and on Twitter @RachelCruze.
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