This is Optimal Finance Daily, episode 1549, how to clearly define what you actually want,

part 2, by Nick True of mappedoutmoney.com. And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast,

Diana Mariam. This is the show where I read to you from some of the best personal finance

blogs on the planet, sometimes a little too enthusiastically. But I can't help it,

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How to clearly define what you actually want, part 2, by Nick True of mappedoutmoney.com.

Money doesn't matter, freedom is what matters. If all you want is to have a ton of money,

you're going to have a really hard time getting it. Why? Because having a ton of money is

meaningless. You won't have enough drive to keep pushing through when it's hard.

If you've got $20,000 worth of student loans and all you want is to get rid of those student

loans, then good luck. Money isn't enough of a motivator on its own. You need to clearly

define what you want to use that money for. Once you get that figured out, you'll start to gain

some real momentum. The most successful people are super clear on what they want.

Just like Marty LaCory, people who are able to pay off large debt or grow a large amount of

wealth have clearly defined wants. Lee Fletcher and his wife racked up $40,000 worth of debt

in the first two years of their marriage. They took fantastic trips, had a blowout wedding,

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