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On Power Talk with Lorraine Jacques-White our show was all about the ladies. Our discussion was about how men chose to classify women they are dealing with by giving them title of "WIFE MATERIAL" or "JUMP OFF". Our special guest was Author, and Blogger Deborah Cooper from survivingdating.com. She wrote the article "How to Tell If You are Wifey or a Fling".

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I have been sporadically reading Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny by Suze Orman. The book, written in 2007, talks about the female approach to money, which is something you all know I am interested in. I wish I read it back in 2007 because, while the information is great, our current economic status as a nation is not the same. Regardless, I believe she presents excellent examples of ways women don’t protect themselves financially. Today’s question of the day… Do you have a savings account that is “completely separate from any other account shared with a spouse, partner, parent, child, etc.?” My lesson starts with this question, as we begin a financial empowerment series that will span through August.
Do you have this type of savings?
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“You don’t have enough stamps in your passport”… (In my Jay-z voice)

I had dinner a couple of weeks ago with a friend (hi Rashell) who mentioned that when she gets the opportunity to speak, one on one, with more seasoned women, she asks them, “if you can do it all over, what would you do differently”? I thought this was a very interesting question that could provide a great life lessons. So, when I got the opportunity to ask the same question to some women I know, I was surprised by one subject that continued to come up- TRAVEL. It made me think of a conversation with someone very close to me who told me that she never thought she would reach this point in her life and never seen the world. Her answer prompted a very simple follow up question from me, why not? Her answer – time and money. This conversation has stuck in my mind since early this year, giving me the extra push to get myself together before I’m looking back thinking shoulda, coulda, woulda, myself. I believe every woman should have a passport whether one has travel plans or not. It’s a first step that provides options to go nearly anywhere in the world and the freedom to do it when you want. Looking back, I am saddened by that particular conversation, but also blessed by the lesson learned. Life is short and while I enjoy making a list of all of the things I want to do while here on Earth, it’s more important to actually start crossing some things off! I got my passport in the mail last week. Number 12 of my bucket list is now crossed off with the plan to have a couple of stamps in it before the start of 2013.
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