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ACTORS ASSETS

Pack a Plan: Financial Preparation for Your Move to Los Angeles
July 18, 2008
If you ask actors moving to Los Angeles to detail their financial plan, their responses will often include the amount they've saved and the number of months they can float by.

Financial Organization, Step 1: Clear Out the Clutter
June 23, 2008
Many actors present a veneer of sophistication and confidence to peers, friends, and relatives while living in a state of financial disorder and dysfunction.

Mindset and Money: An Effective Use of Affirmations
June 10, 2008
This is probably not the first time you've been told that you should be saying affirmations daily. Yet how many of us do it?

Fear No More
June 03, 2008
As actors, we must train and continually develop our instrument. We take classes or read biographies. Similarly, we can expand our financial understanding.

Emotional Preparation
May 08, 2008
Actors often operate under the misconception that making more money will solve all their financial problems. These rationalizations give us permission to postpone building a stable relationship with our money.


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