Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Money Girl

Podcast I'm Laura Adams and I really appreciate you downloading this week's show, which is number 373, called

Five Decisions millennials Must Make to Grow Rich.

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In today's show, I'm going to answer a question from a Money Girl listener named Ben, who

says, thank you for doing the

podcast it's been very helpful to me what advice do you have for people in their

20s that will make a huge difference later on and ensure a lifetime of financial success.

Ben, thank you for being a part of the Money Girl community and sending in this great question.

I'm going to discuss some common financial challenges that

young people face and how to overcome them. We're going to cover five important decisions

that millennials or anyone who's just starting out must make to grow rich.

If you were born after 1980, you're part of the millennial generation and are between the ages of about 18 and 33 or

maybe 34 as I'm recording this show in 2014. You're also known as

Generation Why because you came after Generation X, which is my generation.

Gen X are people born from about 1964 to 1980. Besides the nickname Gen X,

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