At a young age, Aaron Walker wanted better for himself. He came from a family of six and grew up in about 600 square foot house with barely little to survive. While still in night school, he was working during the days and never stopped.

At that very moment, Dustin thought of all the worst-case scenarios. While he was walking to his boss’s office, he could not shake the bad feeling that he would lose his job that day since rumors had it that the department had been cutting people off.

Before you make an investment decision, take some time out to yourself and sleep on it. Take a few days and let the emotion pass then see if that investment makes sense without the emotion.

Denis and Katie O’Brien met at a time when Katie was over her head with debt. Before they met, her way of dealing with the lingering debt was to bury her head in the sand and hope that someday it would all go away. Her anxiety over her piling debt was so much that she wouldn’t bring herself to check the mailbox.

Dan didn’t have a career in finance in mind when he enrolled in college. He studied music and was a classical guitar performance major. He, however, had his eye on investment, which led him on a journey to his worst investment ever.