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Be fun and social, but don't forget the primary reason you're meeting. While the Smart Cookies have become best friends, they don't forget the business at hand when they meet. Leave some time for eating and socializing, but agree on a time when you'll call the actual meeting to order. If you treat the money group like a business, you'll get more accomplished.

That's what the Smart Cookies did. Now models of financial responsibility themselves, they still continue to meet regularly, only now they do it as co-workers, not just friends. Within two years of their first meeting, the Smart Cookies were so successful that they turned their group into a full-time business.

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  • Posted By: 4astrongamerica @ 10/02/2008 5:03:21 PM

    Notice I said work hard and make smart decisions - not sit around with your hand out, waiting for someone else to give you something for nothing.

  • Posted By: 4astrongamerica @ 10/02/2008 5:00:28 PM

    Good article. It just goes to show you that if you work hard and make smart decisions, anything is possible.

  • Posted By: navel @ 10/02/2008 7:01:24 AM

    Hey Jill, go find Jack and crawl back into your cave.

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