"“The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich. It’s self-inflicted fear and ignorance that keeps people trapped."

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“As I said, getting out of the rat race is technically easy. It doesn’t take much education, but those doubts are cripplers for most people.”

“And when it comes to money, high emotions tend to lower financial intelligence.”

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