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The Downsides of Using Debit Cards

By Coach Shelly | October 30, 2022

Debit cards issued by your bank enable you to tap into your checking account and are seen by some as a better alternative to using credit cards. Most of them are now co-branded with either…

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3 Tax Tips to help Black Belt Your Financial Goals

By Coach Shelly | January 24, 2020

Taxes can be difficult to figure out. Here are 3 tips for those looking to Black Belt their Finances with their taxes this year. These can help you meet your financial goals. First, there are…

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New Year's Resolution

New Years Resolutions vs. Goals

By Coach Shelly | January 9, 2020

There are resolutions and there are goals. What’s the difference and how to achieve them? With the New Year, many make resolutions, go gung ho for a while then trail off and feel like failures…

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New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Enjoy and Achieve

By Coach Shelly | December 22, 2019

At the closing of the old year and rising of the new, many of us think about what to resolve doing differently than we have been doing. January 1st, after the holiday excess, it’s natural…

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Gratitude: What 3 Things are You Grateful For Today?

By Coach Shelly | November 12, 2019

A friend regularly posts 3 items he’s grateful for that are low-key but important to his well-being. Playing with the cats, for example. Grading papers. Finishing a presentation. Not things to be competitive about. Others…

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Using Credit Card Rewards

By Coach Shelly | October 19, 2019

If you pay your credit cards off every month, you can earn bonus money from credit card rewards. Because of the difficulty of black out dates and other exclusions, I don’t bother with travel cards.…

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