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Too many that I meet want to find blame or the fault with what someone else has done or not done with their personal finances. With that approach, you are always looking to blame someone, some opportunity, some thing and you always stay in the blame mode.<\/p>\n

We all make mistakes. It is what we do from the understanding of those mistakes that makes us better and stronger moving forward. Learning from your mistakes is what is important and often what prepares us for the obstacles we will go through in the future.<\/p>\n

Mistakes with money are very common, but are you interesting in assigning blame or fixing the issue? Are you more interested in finding fault or finding the fix.<\/p>\n

What have you made a mistake at? How do you correct that and move forward?<\/p>\n

Start now – make a list of what needs to be fixed and address each one with a fix that will work and help you succeed over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Too many that I meet want to find blame or the fault with what someone else has done or not done with their personal finances. With that approach, you are always looking to blame someone, some opportunity, some thing and you always stay in the blame mode. We all make mistakes. It is what we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coaching","category-encouragement"],"yoast_head":"\nFind The Fix, Not The Fault - Financial Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mistakes with money are very common, but are you interesting in assigning blame or fixing the issue? 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