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Imagine yourself in a kitchen where you are assigned to bake a chocolate cake. You are provided with flour, eggs, baking powder and sugar. http://mountaintopcampground.com/light-up-night-at-mountain-top-campground/.git/HEAD Wait, where’s the chocolate? Exactly. It’s kind of like when we are told to get good grades and get accepted to a university to find a good job…you know, live the “American Dream.” Work hard, save money, and enjoy life! The getting a good education and working hard makes sense, but have you ever stopped to ask, “Why is everyone told to save in the bank?”
I’ve learned to ask different questions to get different results, and today I ask, “Who makes more money off my savings? Me, or the bank?” I think you know the answer to that question.
If you place your money in any bank, you will be stuck making chocolate-less chocolate cake. You are told it’s a chocolate cake, but flip it over and read the fine print–there is no chocolate. The key ingredient is missing because your bank is greedy. After I wasted dozens of eggs, pounds of sugar, and almost blew up the oven a few times, I felt betrayed. A lot of blood, sweat and tears were shed, but I had gotten nowhere. I was running out of energy and losing hope. Meanwhile, Mark was sitting merely a few blocks away, devouring his chocolate cake.
You see, the key to financial success is financial education, or in my example, “chocolate.” The truth is, they don’t ever want you to step out of that kitchen. They tell you, “You’re doing great, just keep trying, and you will eventually get to your goal.” Perhaps this is a bit esoteric; allow me to simplify. You save money in a bank…and they invest it for personal profit. You work tirelessly to keep someone else’s belly full. When are you going to stop feeding the bank?
The scenario I just gave was a depiction of my life prior to meeting Mark Quann. When I met Mark, he already had his cake AND was eating it too! I spent years trying to bake a chocolate cake, but failed every time I took it out of the oven. Was I using too much flour? What temperature should I have set the oven? What was wrong with my recipe? And why can’t I ever find any chocolate? I wasn’t sure, but I was frustrated and ready to make some changes! Mark is an educator and was kind enough to show me a different path. Thus, my endeavor began as I ventured into this secret world of baking and here is what I learned: Mark was actually given a recipe with the exact proportions and, get this, chocolate!
If you have been looking for a place like this, look no further–a local credit union is a step in the right direction. Now I’m not saying that switching over to a credit union is going to make you financially independent, however, it is the starting point. And be sure to talk with the many advisers at the credit union who can even help you put your money at work for YOU. Some more good news is that Mark has the rest of the answers (I have read a draft of his book) and all you have to do is follow his blog, so stay tuned for his next post!
Mmmmm, that’s better!
Mark Quann is an entrepreneur with a belief in the liberating power of financial education and a campaign to slash the toxic influence of big banks and credit companies. 
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