{"id":1925,"date":"2016-08-14T11:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T11:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2016-09-23T11:08:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T11:08:53","slug":"the-ultimate-plan-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=1925","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Plan B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really believe in plan b. Too often, things don&#8217;t work out as you planned and then what?\u00a0 When panic sets in is usually the worst time to figure out what to do next.<\/p>\n<p>My lessons learned on the ultimate plan B?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cash.<\/p>\n<p>When you have cash, you have options. You can either pay someone to deal with your problem. You can help others. You can invest in the market when it&#8217;s going down. You can afford to fix whatever broke. You can buy <strong>time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But most importantly, you won&#8217;t get boxed into making bad choices. 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