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The Chess Game of Debt: How Lenders Predict Your Moves (And How We Can Win)

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Growing up I learned how to play chess.  I knew the rules of the game and how the pieces move and when someone asks me if I play chess I sheepishly say why yes I do.  I enjoy the game and comradery and if they know more than I do about chess I usually lose.   The boys in the house know much more than just the rules and how the pieces move.  They know chess notation, various openings, and strategy.  Did you know that you can lose a game in three moves?  I do now.  Just like you can lose a chess game quickly, you can lose the debt game quickly, too.  The boys in the house study me and my moves and predict what is going to happen so that they can win. The same can be said of those who lend out money.  They are not bad people, but they are absolutely masters of the financial game, their goal is to predict your moves to maximize their own win.  We as Kingdom men, must study their strategy to win our own financial game. Many times, we don...