VOICES Suze Orman
THE THIRD METRIC
HUFFINGTON 06.02.13
There Are
No Money
Problems.
There Are
People
Problems.
EARS AGO, after my first
book came out and I had
made a few TV appearances, I was nearly accosted on
the street by an animated woman
who kept pointing at me and then
exclaimed, “I know who you are...
you are... the Money Lady!” I’ve
adopted that as a nickname of
sorts. I am indeed the lady whose
passion is to help people make the
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most of their money. The thing is,
when I am most successful helping people, money is so beside the
point. Oh sure, I have plenty of advice on Roth IRAs, revocable trusts
and term life insurance, but when
I sit down to help someone with
their financial life, what we always
end up focusing on is their interior
life. There are no money problems.
There are people problems. Success
is not how many zeroes your bank
account has. It’s about making the