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Learn how to keep track of your bills so you never have to pay a late fee. I recently saw a statistic that was startling to me: 23% of people pay bills late and have to pay late fees because they are unable to find their bills. Wow! 23% is a lot of people. That's millions of people! They can't find their bills? Are they losing them in their inbox or in the mail? It's easy to lose electronic bills, I can understand that, but it's a bit harder to lose a hard copy. Think of the late fees that are happening! This is costing people hundreds of dollars per year and they could be investing that money and growing wealth. There is also a ding that happens to your credit score when you are late. I had a friend who had an awful time one time when she moved out of state. Her address didn't get changed on some of her bills and as a result they were forwarded to her too late. Some didn't reach her for a month. Even though she paid them as soon as she received them, because they were a month late she had a mark on her credi

Learn why positive thinking helps your wealth building. I've always said creating a wealthy mindset and how you think is so important to your wealth building. As you know, it's Step One of the 6 Steps to Wealth. Recently a study was done with children about whether thinking positively affected them. Here is the article: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/05/stanford-university-study-positivity-makes-kids-smarter.html So we know positivity will impact your success. It's like you are steering but your mind is the engine and has the power. You have to direct it to where it will go. Just like it impacted these kids, it also impacts you. How you think is going to determine whether or not you reach your goals. As Henry Ford said, "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." He became one of the wealthiest men in the world. I like to modify that a bit and say, "Whether you think you can be wealthy or think you can't be wealthy, you're right." It's up to you. I'm encouraging you to think yes I can! Revie

Learn the 10 things you should know about the tax act. This comes to us from CNBC.com. This podcast clears up misnomers about the tax act. A copy of the article is posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com. See podcast #378. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" and subscribe to my weekly newsletter with wealth building tips at LindaPJones.com.

Learn 3 savvy things to do to get rid of debt. I've also included my favorite way to save thousands of dollars in interest.  

Learn one crucial thing for you to review under the new tax act. In this podcast I review some changes made under the new legislation and the one thing you must do to be smart with your money. A link to the article is on my website at www.lindapjones.com.

Learn how and where to begin investing and why it shouldn't be with individual stocks. This is a listener question from Instagram. She said, "I'm listening to all the podcasts, reading all recommended books (and then some) but I get stuck with hoarding knowledge/questions and not actually taking action. Still trying to figure out how to read charts, prospectuses, where do I go for p/e ratios, and what are all those other #'s and %'s, etc.? There's the investor part of this question and the mindset part, so I'll cover both. If you'd like to get a short wealth building idea from me each week, sign up for "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at www.lindapjones.com.

Learn the causes of the stock market's wild swings and how to know when the bull market will resume. What is causing the swings in the stock market? Why have we gone from low volatility to high volatility? How will you know when it is over? I share with you details from one of my Be Wealthy & Smart VIP Experience webinars. It's my investing inner circle just  for members. I go in depth about: What the market is telling us about volatility going forward. What is causing the stock market to drop? What are the signs to watch for to know if it is over? Check out the Be Wealthy & Smart VIP Experience here: http://lindapjones.com/vip Limited offer, use promo code "SMARTVIP" and save 50%!  

Learn what to do when the stock market is volatile. The stock market pulled back 1600 points in one day. A new record. I saw one TV reporter make a big deal of a 500 pt drop because that's what happened in the crash of 1987. Percentage-wise that was a 22% decline vs. a few percent. Yesterday the Dow dropped 567 then gained 567. Don't pay attention to the number of points it moves, pay attention to percentages. Now that the Dow is so much higher at 25,000, it would take a drop of 5,500 points to equal 22% like in 1987. Stock market pull backs, and crashes, are part of investing so you need to have a strategy to handle them. Rather than hoping they won't happen, you have to accept them as part of investing and learn what to do because the stock market drops about 10% every 11 months on average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped 20% 12 times since the end of WWII. That's about every 6 years. You have 3 choices whenever there is volatility: Buy, hold or sell. Since there are bigger corrections every 6

Learn how to shorten the path to wealth. It's listener question Friday! Yesterday a listener asked me what was the quickest way to become a millionaire? Although getting rich quick is not recommended because it's usually accompanied by high risk of loss, I want to talk about something related to it that is important for you to know. First, let's talk about what creates wealth? When creating wealth, the one thing that matters the most is the rate at which you compound money. It's not all about how much money you have to start with. Compounding grows your money and creates additional money. Learn more by listening to the podcast. If you'd like short wealth building ideas emailed to you once a week, join my email list at http://lindapjones.com by opting into the "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth."  

Learn 2 things wealthy investors believe about working with financial advisors. This comes from a Spectrem Group survey.  The survey graphics are posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com. While you're there, get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth." Subscribe to the podcast to get updated when new shows are uploaded!

Learn one way you may be missing out on free money that could add up to $100k or more to your retirement plan. This is an article from CNBC.com. The link to the article is here: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/missing-the-employer-match-could-hurt-your-retirement-goals.html This episode is sponsored by Betterment: Did you know Betterment is the largest independent online financial advisor with more than $10 billion in assets under management with more than 300,000 customers? Their service helps to improve long-term returns and lower taxes for retirement planning, building wealth, and other financial goals. Betterment's tax coordinated portfolio can increase a portfolio's value by an estimated 15% over 30 years. Their annual advisory fee is only .25%, with unlimited messaging access to their team of licensed financial experts through a mobile app. Of course, investing involves risk. For listeners of Be Wealthy & Smart, you can get up to 1 year managed free, visit betterment.com/bewealthy that's betterme

Learn why wealth building is about making good decisions.  An example is the popular trend of buying subscription boxes which could be usurping your future wealth. Find out why $1,000,000 could be the opportunity cost. Be Wealthy & Smart has over 1.2 million downloads. Subscribe and don't miss a single episode! Get easy wealth tips at http://lindapjones.com.  

Learn  if a Financial Advisor is a good fit for you and what the signs are to look for with Joe Saul-Sehy of the Stacking Benjamins podcast. In this episode, I interview Joe Saul-Sehy. He's also my co-host (along with Miranda Marquit and Doug Goldstein) on the Money Tree Investing podcast.  Joe and I talk about what makes a good Financial Advisor and when to cut them loose. Did you know Betterment is the largest independent online financial advisor with more than $10 billion in assets under management with more than 300,000 customers? Their service helps to improve long-term returns and lower taxes for retirement planning, building wealth, and other financial goals. Betterment's tax coordinated portfolio can increase a portfolio's value by an estimated 15% over 30 years. Their annual advisory fee is only .25%, with unlimited messaging access to their team of licensed financial experts through a mobile app. Of course, investing involves risk. For listeners of Be Wealthy & Smart, you can get up to 1 year

Learn how the tweak made in a prior podcast moved my credit score from 817 to a perfect 850. This is part two of a podcast I did about investigating a 30 point drop in my credit score, even though I pay it off every month. I made a tweak in podcast number 251 and I share the results with you on this podcast.  Even if you pay your bills off every month and don't carry a balance on your credit cards, there's one thing that might be impacting your credit negatively. I fixed it in podcast 251 (listen for all the details on how to raise your credit score) and on this podcast I give you the awesome results of the tweak.  My FICO score report is posted on my website at http://www.lindapjones.com, podcast 367. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com. Please subscribe to the podcast to get notified as soon as new podcasts are uploaded. 

Learn the one thing to focus on for financial success this year. This is the most important thing you can do financially this year.  You'll have to listen to find out what it is! Please subscribe to the Be Wealthy & Smart podcast and get new episodes as soon as they are added.  

Learn the 6 things about millionaires you may think are true but aren't. We learned in Be Wealthy & Smart podcast #286, that $2.4 million is what most American's consider "wealthy". See that podcast for other interesting facts about millionaires. Link to the Business Insider article is here: http://www.businessinsider.com/fascinating-facts-about-american-millionaires-2017-11/#theyre-not-all-filthy-rich-in-fact-95-have-a-net-worth-between-1-million-and-5-million-1 The link to the Millionaire Next Door book is here: http://amzn.to/2D31rWE Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn what regions/countries are the best performers on a 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15 year average annual return basis. Chart from Investor's Business Daily is posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com, podcast 364. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn which asset classes have performed the best on a 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15 year basis. Review of U.S. Diversified Stocks like the S & P 500, Large-cap growth, Large-cap core, Multi-cap growth, Midcap growth, Multicap core, Large-cap value, Multicap value, etc. Chart from Investor's Business Daily is posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com, podcast 363. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn the top performing global equity sector funds of 2017. The chart from Investor's Business Daily is posted on my website with the bonus chart of top performing Fixed Income funds. You can find them on my website at:  http://www.lindapjones.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=13352&action=edit     Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com. 

Learn the best performing ETF's for 2017 that are the 10 Largest ETF's by assets. The article is posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.