To become a top investor, you need to develop certain personal qualities.

Award-winning speaker and author Corey Poirier explains why personal passion and knowing your goals are necessary for financial success. Find out why learning how to deal with failure is important to success.

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Today's show features financial advisor Joe Saul-Sehy as a guest co-host, along with regular host Douglas Goldstein, CFP®. The discussion focuses on why dividends are an important part of an investment and why it's not a good idea to include working after retirement as part of your financial plan.

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