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doesn’t mean it’s easy. And for many people it is

difficult to do. Why is that? It takes work and doing

the right things over a long period of time in most
cases. Doing the right things will mean living

within your means or spending less than is earned.

And thirdly, it is very easy to get into debt and lose
control of your income. Car loans, college loans

and credit cards are all easy to obtain and the

temptation to buy nice things is ever present. But
debt is not so easy to pay off. It's easy to spend too

much on shiny stuff or on a million other things

but painful to pay it off. So people tend to
accumulate debt instead of assets. And then they

must pay interest and lose some of their income.

Anyone can improve their financial position.
You can do that in a heartbeat. Just decide to not

spend what you do not have or cut up those credit

cards for example. Many people spend decades
building wealth by working, saving and investing.

Most others never get around to saving or investing.

Time will pass regardless what you do, and one day
those years will be behind you. I would guess that

when you reach an older age you would like to be
both healthy and wealthy. This book may help you

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