{"id":412,"date":"2013-08-19T19:25:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T02:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrismiles.wphelp.ninja\/2013\/08\/19\/one-financial-mistake-everyone-makes-and-doesn-t-know-it\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T12:50:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:50:19","slug":"one-financial-mistake-everyone-makes-and-doesn-t-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneyripples.com\/money-ripples-st\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"One Financial Mistake EVERYONE Makes And Doesn&#8217;t Know It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">What would you guess is the one thing where EVERYONE falls short with their money?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Even worse, they don&#8217;t even know it!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">It&#8217;s not taxes (although that is true about <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">90%<\/span><\/em> of the time)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">It&#8217;s not cash flow, although that is usually the case too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The answer &#8211; Protecting your money!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">This is the one place I can count on that every one of my clients have needed to improve, BUT will fight against it the most because they don&#8217;t want to &#8220;invest&#8221; in protecting them and their money. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Most of us want to make more money, but few realize that it&#8217;s more important to be a good steward and KEEP IT!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">I have yet to meet anyone, including people that teach these things, that are fully protected from life&#8217;s unexpected turns.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>If you want to win the &#8220;financial game of life,&#8221; you have to have a solid defense for your offense to work.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Or in other words, you can&#8217;t win the money game if you don&#8217;t keep what you have&#8230;and then make money on top of it. <em>THIS IS THE ONLY WAY FINANCIAL FREEDOM CAN BE POSSIBLE!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Below are some questions to ask yourself, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">answer these honestly<\/span><\/em>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>If I were to lose my income today, how long could I last on the money and assets that I have in place?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>If I were to become badly sick, hurt, disabled, or have memory issues, how would I take care of my family?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>What would happen to my family if I were to die today?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>If my spouse and I passed away, would the court system take it all in probate (Yes, this happens even when you have a will)?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>If I were to get sued, would I be alright? Am I sure about that?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Am I using my corporation appropriately to separate my personal assets from my business assets?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>If the stock market or real estate market tanks, will that change my plans?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Feeling depressed or upset yet? GOOD! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Notice these are a lot of &#8220;what if&#8221; questions. <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">We can never be financially free if we can&#8217;t answer these questions confidently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>NOTE: If you believe the Law of Attraction will save you because you ignorantly turn off your brain to this, you don&#8217;t understand the Law of Attraction. You can&#8217;t ignore something from ever happening, In fact, you&#8217;ll only attract it more!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">If you are a rancher who wants lots of cattle, and you have the land to do so, what do you need to build to ensure you can start building your cattle empire?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A fence, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">What if you didn&#8217;t build a fence? How much cattle would you keep?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">What happens if you don&#8217;t &#8220;build a fence&#8221; for YOU (first and foremost) and also your money?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>This is why smart business owners and investors &#8220;invest&#8221; into having a strong defense to back up their growing offense.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a target=\"_self\" title=\"Money Ripples Homepage - Free Money Tips\" href=\"https:\/\/qax.bwr.mybluehost.me\/moneyripples\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to our homepage<\/a> to get our free money tips each week that will increase your confidence with your money, and teach you simple ways to find more, <em>keep more<\/em>, and make more money!<\/strong><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you guess is the one thing where EVERYONE falls short with their money? 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