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		<title>Miss Mentor How to Create a Budget</title>
		<link>http://missmentor.com/miss-mentor-how-to-create-a-budget-2/2009/12/14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss Mentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miss Mentor How to Create a Budget From: missmentor Views: 109 14 ratings Time: 06:33 More in Education]]></description>
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		<title>How to Live Cheap and Save Money When You Don’t Have Much, Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Save your change. One way to do this is after you break a dollar, put the rest of it into a coffee can or piggy bank. Even if you’ve only paid $1.01 for something. That means $0.99 goes into you coffee can.  It can add up fast and help you to live cheap. Every penny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Live Cheap and Save Money When You Don’t Have Much, Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Know how to tip. If you are going to go out and treat yourself to a manicure or a night out, it’s important you know proper tipping etiquette.  When you are on a budget, over-tipping can be the bane of your existence. OK, a bit of an exaggeration, but don’t pay more than you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Live Cheap and Save Money When You Don’t Have Much, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://missmentor.com/how-to-live-cheap-and-save-money-when-you-don%e2%80%99t-have-much-part-1/2009/10/19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some creative ways and other tried and true methods to live cheap and start saving now when you’re in your 20’s and on a tight budget. It’s hard to be young and broke. It’s even harder to try to live cheap and have a social life. With the huge focus on the downturn in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Live Cheap and Save Money When You Don’t Have Much, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://missmentor.com/how-to-live-cheap-and-save-money-when-you-don%e2%80%99t-have-much-part-2/2009/10/19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do a clothes swap. You want to live cheap, but you also want to look good. These two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Get your girlfriends together (if you are all around the same size this works beautifully) and tell them to bring their old clothes – nothing stained or ripped allowed. Open a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So you have your budget &#8212; are you sticking to it?</title>
		<link>http://missmentor.com/so-you-have-your-budget-are-you-sticking-to-it/2009/09/29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so you&#8217;ve calulated the percentages and numbers for your personal budget. It looks good. X amount will go to your 401K, long term neccessities, Y amount will go to that new car you&#8217;ve been wanting and intermediate neccesities, etc&#8230;, and put it all together and you&#8217;re on your way to wealth building in no [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Transforming Debt into Wealth!</title>
		<link>http://missmentor.com/transforming-debt-into-wealth/2009/08/30/</link>
		<comments>http://missmentor.com/transforming-debt-into-wealth/2009/08/30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss Mentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wealth Building Tip #4 is the DEBT STEP. Some folks think this should be #1. I strongly disagree. You MUST understand what money you have available before you can plan for living. Here&#8217;s where my advice diverges from many other advisors. Why? I know you. I understand the difference between your student loans and credit [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do you need a Personal Financial Advisor?</title>
		<link>http://missmentor.com/personal-financial-advisor/2009/08/30/</link>
		<comments>http://missmentor.com/personal-financial-advisor/2009/08/30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss Mentor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you are coming back after a year of success with your plan or perhaps you are further along with your investment portfolio and need assistance in that area. This is the &#8220;step&#8221; for you. In Wealth Building Tip #5, you can read my recommendations for asset selection and how to interview financial advisors who [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Due Diligence for approaching Boss for Raise</title>
		<link>http://missmentor.com/asking-boss-for-raise/2008/01/15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss Mentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Step 1: Consider your case. What have you really done this past year? Did you drive more profit to the bottom line in a meaningful way? Did you suss-out a production inefficiency that has saved your company thousands/millions of dollars? Did you introduce your Boss or Boss&#8217;s boss to a premier customer with whom your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before you approach your boss for a Bonus . . .</title>
		<link>http://missmentor.com/before-you-approach-your-boss-for-a-bonus/2008/01/15/</link>
		<comments>http://missmentor.com/before-you-approach-your-boss-for-a-bonus/2008/01/15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss Mentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So your holiday bills are rolling in and you realize, dang, I need some cash, FAST! Maybe your boss will give you a bonus, right? Well probably not, if all you have to back you is your need. What have you done for your boss lately? If you have been working diligently &#8211; making your [...]]]></description>
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