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Suze: March 30th 2023. Welcome everybody to what KT?

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KT: The Women and Money podcast and everyone, everyone smart enough to listen.

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Suze: And what edition is this? The ask KT and Suze Anything!

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Suze: All right. So she's back with us. Ok...

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KT: And no one wrote in that they missed me.

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Suze: No. And if they did, do you think I would,

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Suze: Do you think I would do that? Before we start,

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Suze: I want to remind everybody that today, March 30th, 6pm

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Suze: East Coast time, 3pm Pacific time, I am doing a

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Suze: already have 50,000 people who have registered...

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KT: and they keep signing up. It's gonna be really popular.

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Suze: So that is today March 30th to register for free,

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Suze: go to Suze Orman dot com slash webinar. Ok KT,

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Suze: what do you got for me?

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KT: First one is from Dianna. Hi, Suze. I'm almost 55

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Suze: Deanna. First of all, let's put things in perspective here. You spent

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Suze: if you look at it in perspective, that is such

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Suze: There is a law of money, look at what you

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Suze: Custody of your children, small price to pay. Next, in

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Suze: You have got to change your thoughts to change your reality.

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Suze: As you know another saying is be very, very careful

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Suze: be careful about the words that you use because your

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Suze: You have got to think greater thoughts than you are thinking.

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Suze: Any time you get afraid and you think that you can't,

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Suze: I would not look at what I had. KT, next question.

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KT: Ok. From Gabriella. Hi, Suze and KT, love you guys. I like these.

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Suze: Then why didn't you write in and tell KT how

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KT: Yea. Gabriella. Ok. I'm wondering how to find dividend paying stocks

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Suze: Somewhere I did a podcast on that. Next question, my

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KT: Ok. That's, that's not nice. They, they did miss me.

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Suze: Of course, they did. But I get sick and tired

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Suze: of where's KT? I miss KT. She's the main reason

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KT: All right. This next question is from Lynne and I

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KT: She said Dear Suze help. I'm a newly unmarried woman.

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Suze: Alright my dear Lynn. I know KT you picked this

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Suze: Where do I put my money? KT, what is one

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Suze: That's a no, you can say no. OK. That's fine.

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Suze: All right, no problem. You are to do absolutely nothing.

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Suze: Right? KT. You are to do absolutely nothing other than

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KT: Now. I didn't know the answer to this but Susie,

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KT: Well, I wasn't sure... how... you have to have earned income.

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Suze: Pop quizzie means KT just asked me a question. Now,

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Suze: All right. So, truthfully KT ding ding, ding, ding, ding. The second part, the second

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