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By Joshua Kennon, About.com Guide to Beginner's Investing since 2001

8 Secrets to Achieving Financial Independence

Tuesday December 16, 2008
Most of what you learned growing up about money, income, and wealth are not true. This is understandable - think about whom you first learned them from (odds are good, it was from those who were not rich themselves). From confusing high incomes with wealth to not knowing the importance of tax asset placement when choosing your investments, after reading this special, it might make more sense to you why some professional athletes making $20 million a year quickly go bankrupt, while a bus driver can retire a multi-millionaire and have no financial worries.

In fact, this step-by-step guide to achieving financial independence was designed so you can discover some of the most remarkable secrets to freeing yourself from that special brand of anxiety that money troubles can elicit. Continue reading ...

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December 16, 2008 at 6:23 pm
(1) John Russell says:

Re: Support Your Productive Children – Not the Losers. The government doesn’t seem to have learned this lesson yet. As I read your supporting work for this section, I realized that this sounds like exactly opposite of what the government is doing. I find that very interesting.

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