{"id":1913,"date":"2014-09-26T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T15:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2025-08-24T06:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:38:42","slug":"really-want-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/index.php\/really-want-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Miss This &#8211; Emergency Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been over a year now that I shared with you the frightful incident that happened to one of my clients. \u00a0While I take confidentiality very seriously, I sought their permission before I shared their story with every person I know. \u00a0If I had your email address back then, you received that email. \u00a0So many of you gave to them &#8211; cash, checks, gift cards, cards of support and encouragement. \u00a0Things have gotten better and their story was just highlighted on the Dave Ramsey video channel. \u00a0You really do not want to miss this &#8211; are you prepared with your emergency fund?<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sWqyGoOt8d0&amp;index=6&amp;list=UU7eBNeDW1GQf2NJQ6G6gAxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch this video<\/a>&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>This video was shown last week to the national and international audience. \u00a0If you missed it then, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sWqyGoOt8d0&amp;index=6&amp;list=UU7eBNeDW1GQf2NJQ6G6gAxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sWqyGoOt8d0&amp;index=6&amp;list=UU7eBNeDW1GQf2NJQ6G6gAxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> and turn up your sound to hear their story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been over a year now that I shared with you the frightful incident that happened to one of my clients. \u00a0While I take confidentiality very seriously, I sought their permission before I shared their story with every person I know. \u00a0If I had your email address back then, you received that email. \u00a0So [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","category-life"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do Not Miss This - Emergency Fund - Financial Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Be prepared for emergencies. 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