Actor/Author Hill Harper has gone through some difficult times lately. While in production of Typer Perry’s “For Colored Girls” last summer he woke up unable to swallow. After a number of tests he was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. Doctors have given him a clean bill of health and he recently opening up about his battle during his book tour.
“I started by talking about my own personal journey, “That’s the cure side of the book.”
He sat down with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution to discuss his book, “The Wealth Cure” in stores now.
Q: Your last book was about romantic relationships. What are some links between romantic relationships and money?
A: As I was doing research for the book “The Conversation,” what I found out is what a lot of people don’t talk about. The number one thing couples argue about is money. Dealing with the issue of money can be trans-formative in terms of our own personal relationships and our own lives.
Q: What is the biggest financial mistake people make?
A: The number one biggest financial mistake people make is carrying any type of credit card debt. It is a crippling type of debt. It locks you up in ways that are catastrophic. Sometimes it gets to a point where you can’t get yourself out from under it and you pay the minimum from month to month. Credit cards were invented for convenience and then they became a profit tool once we started spending money we didn’t have and started carrying a balance. The folks who gave you that card want you to pay the minimum. They don’t have the incentive to help you get out from under that debt.
Q: What is one key thing anyone can do in this economy, regardless of the amount of his or her finances, to put themselves in a better financial position?
A: Even if you are living check-to-check, make a budget, a very clear concise budget, where you lay everything out in its own individual category. Once you do that, you can start to move things around. Even given the same amount of money, you can begin to move around your spending. There is a way to be strategic about it.
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