The old adage is true: time = money

Time management expert and author, Julie Morgenstern walks us through some best practices for keeping track of our finances and saving money.

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The only way to really take control of our finances, honestly, is to spend time on them.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] When it comes to finances, where clients ask for help

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is really only two areas. One of them is organizing their financial information

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so that they have access to the information, whether it's receipts, and paper stuff, and file folders,

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or what gets digitized. So take advantage of all of the automated ways in which we can have that humming in the background.

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The people who are the most in control of their finances spend time checking their bank accounts,

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checking the bills they have to pay literally almost every day, which is a radical concept to most people.

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And that might be 15 minutes a day. That adds up to an hour and a half or so every week.

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But think about that. It's a time management issue. First, look, then you have the information,

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then you have the information that will inspire different behavior. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Take a deep breath in. Mindset is everything. I'm not 90 for nothing. Small steps, one motion.