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Dealing With Debt: Get Rid of It as Fast as You Can

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Dealing With Debt: Get Rid of It as Fast as You Can
Debt is a luxury that is sometimes useful but is always dangerous, writes Mark Ford. Elise Amendola/AP Photo
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You have a dream. You are on a beach of golden sand. You have a large bucket, large enough to carry a million dollars’ worth of that golden sand back home with you. You put a scoop in the bucket. Then another. With each scoop, you feel richer. But then you notice something. The bucket isn’t getting fuller. There is a hole in the bottom, out of which sand is escaping.

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Mark Ford is an entrepreneur and author of several best-selling books. He is Chief Growth Strategist at Agora Publishing, where he oversaw a climb in readership from about 100,000 to more than 3 million, and a growth in revenues from $8 million to more than $1 billion. Since 2000, he has focused on writing for Agora, John Wiley & Sons, and on his blog markford.net.