Suze says, "When I talk to you about credit card debt and not having money to do anything, it's because I was you."

In 1987 Suze says she was a financial advisor, making a large amount of money and spending it just as fast. When circumstances changed and she didn't have the same amount of income, she says she continued spending $25,000 a month. "Before I knew it I was $250,000 in credit card debt. And there I was, Suze Orman, sitting in a Denny's in 1990 knowing that the waitress had more money than I did. I had my fancy leased BMW, my fancy Rolex watch," she says. "And I didn't have a pot to pee in. I was the biggest financial liar out there."

Suze says she knew there was only one way to change things. "I told everybody the truth and my life turned around on the spot," she says. "I don't tell you these things because I am preaching to you. I tell you these things because I am you."

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