Renee Lawson

Business as Usual

There was an article in the NY times about General Motors buying a sub-prime lender Americredit.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/business/23autos.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

The GM story is a reflection of what has happened to our economy.  How you can recover if you change the way that you do business. 

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Living off credit cards

Many people live well beyond their means.

When they decided they want to make a major purchase the first thing they do without thought is to pull out the card Visa/Mastercard/Discover/American Express.

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Priorities

I attended a convention this summer. 

While I was there I was having a discussion about credit and finacial problems that many people are experiencing right now.  I was  told about a woman who had on a $200 hat.  It was newly purchased.   What was disturbing was the fact that she had just lost her home to foreclosure. 

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One Day Sale

Like many other people "I love to shop" was my slogan. 

What I remember most was the One Day Sale's given by Macy's.  It seemed like every week there was a sale.  When the sale had coupons I thought it was a better sale.  Those one day sales got me into a lot of trouble.  I maxed out my Macy's card.  I knew that if I paid on my bill they would let me spend more than what my limit was. 

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I Choose

I was listening to an India Aire song called I Choose. 

Part of the song states "and I choose to be the best that I can be I choose to be authentic in everything that I do, my past don't dictate who I am I choose." 

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