Financial problems? Use leverage, not muscle.

Financial problems? Use leverage, not muscle.

In the article Ten ways life is like jiu jitsu, #8 is Use leverage, not muscle. I might make that item #1 for what to do if you have financial problems. Most of us try to "muscle through" financial problems – working harder and longer, draining our retirement accounts, even to the point of destroying our health and relationships – before we realize it just isn't working and we need another plan, one with leverage.

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Bankruptcy presentation with Legal Karma

Malcolm Ruthven joined Margarita Guzman, Director of Legal Karma (legalkarma.com), in a presentation titled "Dealing with Creditors and Bankruptcy" on Monday, May 4, 2009, at Eastmont Branch Library in Oakland, California. Margarita presented the "Dealing with Creditors" part and Malcolm presented the Bankruptcy part. It was free and open to the public. For the flyer for the event, click here. You'll need to have Adobe Reader on your computer;  to download Adobe Reader, click here.