When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.

people's feelings about themselves change when they change the way they handle their money. Once they begin treating their money with respect, their self-respect shoots up as well.

We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.

The most important loan to pay is your student loan. It's more important than your mortgage, car and credit card payments. You cannot discharge student loan debt in the majority of cases.

Ignore the annual percentage rate when shopping for a mortgage.

There's nothing wrong with saying, "I want to have more," "I want to be more," "I did this for money."

We each focus on what we're going to buy, but that's an incorrect focus. Focus instead on why you want to spend the money on this or that. What feeling in you does it satisfy?