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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Insurance Adjustor, 63, Milwaukee ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Airline Pilot, 63, Atlanta ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Information Tech Engineer, 54, Nashville ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Physician, 52, Chicago ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Banking Executive, 37, Nashville ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Senior Policy Analyst, 64, Washington, D.C. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers. ]]>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Making $1 million was never a goal, but maybe it should have been. I simply wanted to be debt-free and never worry about money." ]]>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Get the first $100,000 by age 34. That first $100,000, as Charlie Munger said, is the most difficult but most important." ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: US Government Worker, 47, Overseas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "If history is any indication, we expect to achieve many more millions before we officially and completely retire." ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Semiretired CPA, 68, San Francisco ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Two decades ago, I said to my father, "I am a millionaire." His comment: "Isn't everybody?" ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JFLgtM2dRRiCbYzzJhwD5V-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Banking Executive, 48, Southeast US ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "We just did it by rigorous budgeting and saving for nine years. No business, no real estate, no inheritance." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:20:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ysp9CWjD6gpgoxc6awC6PE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Middle School Teacher, 68, North Carolina ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Don't wait for our education system to teach you how to manage your money. Find those who have made it, pick their brains and start saving earlier." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:24:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VdpCaBS7boqUSKaQDP9FTd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired In-House Corporate Lawyer, 74, Midwest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-32-retired-in-house-corporate-lawyer-midwest</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I'm the millionaire next door in old sneakers and worn jeans. My neighbors, friends and relatives would be shocked to know our net worth." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:12:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jfaFbkZ7KRqKYtvbxZmWki-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Self-Employed Trader, 50, San Francisco ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-31-self-employed-trader-san-francisco</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Stop believing everyone is smarter and better than you and that you'll never make it. Bet on yourself and make it happen!" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:04:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rqKCuRzW4ZRHy7oWs2t4Do-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Oil Industry Engineering Manager, 67, Chapel Hill, N.C. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-30-retired-engineering-manager-chapel-hill-nc</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I never imagined that I was going to be able to make my first $1 million at age 39 from salary savings and investments alone." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:46:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xjdZ28qytb9wr63Np7VqZm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Military Veteran and Federal Worker, 60, Virginia Beach ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Walk every day, eat better, sleep better. It's not all about the cash amount, but your health, too. Health is wealth!" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:44:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZPpMypskXk7Fp7ixPiksA7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Construction Industry Product Manager, 51, Northeast ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-28-construction-industry-product-manager-northeast</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I had a burning desire to be financially independent and a willingness to delay gratification in order to obtain that independence." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:23:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/noTrJhnLnMtE3GD6BXunz3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Educator/Administrator, 67, Greenville, S.C. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "There may be some lean times and some difficult times. Successful people stay the course and do not give up when things get tough." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:09:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xjjfMFf3xbu7qMD5ce934R-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retiree From Sales Industry, 73, South Carolina ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "We have always been disciplined savers, active investors, always lived below our means and never carried any credit card debt." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:05:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CuNbnGeFd2mekoUX7Durx3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Biopharmaceutical Senior Manager, 45, Massachusetts ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-25-biopharmaceutical-manager-massachusetts</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "If you have big goals, adversity comes with the territory. I'd rather work through those challenges than be a rudderless ship." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:56:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w5nBQDUwjGTckaFat4ebV5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Real Estate Investor, 54, Rural Midwest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "According to Albert Einstein, compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He was right." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:45:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eL8JrJ5Mha7JJR3mFSwrxa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Waste Hauling and Recycling Business Owner, 40, Wyoming ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-23-waste-hauling-business-owner-wyoming</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I was driven — that's probably an understatement. Vacations were limited. Work-life balance was terrible. But quit wasn't in me." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:18:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MeQvtUpC9deDyJFMR25myY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Electric Utility Executive, 56, South Carolina ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "My mentors advised me to max out my 401(k), because you will never miss the money if you start from day one. I did, and they were right." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:35:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c7hwRemEotqskT9Wv5ddg9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Health Care CFO, 52, Pacific Northwest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "When you score a touchdown, act like you have been there before. If you have accumulated a million dollars, act like you have always had it." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mBRzFgDgnQKdbpA977r47i-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Oil and Gas Retiree, 67, Round Rock, Texas ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-20-oil-and-gas-retiree-round-rock-texas</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It took 25 years for the first $1 million, six years for the second million and three to four for each after that." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aKGdUwRfVSUccrNe4aSWyY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Magazine Editor, 70, Boise, Idaho ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-19-retired-magazine-editor-boise-idaho</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I bought unopened boxes of the original series of Pokémon cards, held on to them and paid off the house when I retired 20 years later." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A9KYXTDdmrpqF43VeTuoEY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Federal Civil Servant and Analyst, 55, Hawaii ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-18-federal-civil-servant-analyst-hawaii</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "My parents got me into saving and investing when I was 13 because I liked to read the stock prices in the newspaper right after the comics." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rKqwRokeKc3JQofT4DZeLJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Marketing Consultant, 74, Southern New Hampshire ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-17-retired-marketing-consultant-southern-new-hampshire</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "A modest inheritance was invested in a Vanguard Balanced Fund. I still own that fund, and over 30 years, it has increased 400% in share value." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JUPHqt6ZRpvbsnfJyGqiaU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Health Care Worker, 48, Sagadahoc County, Maine ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-16-health-care-worker-sagadahoc-county-maine</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I read a commonsense book by Jack Bogle, and I invested in index funds for 22 years. I can truly say that book changed my life." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NP3xt5bYAJdJ9NCFfSXpmJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Army and Health Care Worker, 52, Houston ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-15-retired-army-and-health-care-worker-houston</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Our story is hard work, living below our means and paying off debt. We added up our accounts one day and were like, "Hey, we are millionaires." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xQkXrbQ5XrELQ4iRAUtZAV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: General Manager in Construction/Home Services, 46, Indiana ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-14-general-manager-construction-indiana</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "We went from building 100-plus homes each year in 2006 to zero in 2008 — nearly destroying what my parents had spent 25 years creating." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:53:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QL72bEUiCv5KEU8wjL68vA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Accounting Firm Partner, 62, Greater Boston Area ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-13-retired-accounting-firm-partner-greater-boston-area</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I never met Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger personally, but reading all they wrote and listening to them speak, I feel like they mentored me." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:48:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W4peRshWaF4xA9ZMwiE5DV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Director of Engineering Technology, 62, Rhode Island ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-12-director-of-engineering-technology-rhode-island</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Let your financial adviser know they have competition. I drop the underperforming one every three to five years." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/74cYdvq57EnuhL2Cs4c3c4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retiree, 63, Chicago Metro Area ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-11-retiree-chicago-metro-area</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Ongoing 401(k) contributions, working with a financial adviser and remaining well diversified has been the strategy all along." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ijyi6nPx4rKYMFeG9yzc5m-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Tech Industry Director, 78, Delaware County, Ohio ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-10-retired-tech-director-delaware-county-ohio</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "My mother was a world-class saver. She taught me to save more than you spend, and pay cash or don't buy it." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wiWTN4nLWRqpjC3kyuidH8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired Self-Employed Attorney, 75, Coast of Washington ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Whenever I got a few bucks up, the money went into my defined contribution plan. When I hit about age 50, the money began to multiply." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/owPYjM9S87smMjGWmtrAmN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Air Force Veteran, 68, Duluth, Ga. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I realized that my investments made me more money that year than my military salary. That was an awesome feeling." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jsixRCvbfnDsudQPfUaab-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Early Retiree, 57, Western North Carolina ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I was tempted in my 20s to sell that stock I'd been given and buy a Corvette, but I resisted the urge, and I'm happy with how that worked out." ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retired International Finance Director, 68, Atlanta  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Taking things slow and steady and having a good life is best. Also, get a good tax person and a good estate attorney." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joyce.lamb@futurenet.com (Joyce Lamb) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joyce Lamb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DN3vyvaPVxKvYXGDXJuhtD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Retirement Coach, 69, Sammamish, Wash. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-5-retirement-coach-sammamish-wash</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I bought two bottles of champagne — one cheap and the other expensive — to remind myself it didn't matter." ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Events Industry CEO, 65, Northern New Jersey ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-4-events-industry-ceo-northern-new-jersey</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Work hard and be totally honest. Own up to mistakes and protect your name and reputation above all other things." ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Semiretired Entrepreneur, 64, Nashville ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Do the task or service incredibly well over a period of time. Be consistent. Don’t keep switching horses." ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Literacy Interventionist, 59, Colorado ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It was good timing. I feel fortunate that I invested my inheritance in real estate in our rapidly growing market." ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ My First $1 Million: Writer, 59, New England ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/my-first-million-1-writer-new-england</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I thought of my late father and how excited he'd be. Not for the money per se, just for the achievement." ]]>
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