Quotes from Alexa Von Tobel

Personally, I am obsessed with my mom, and I would do literally anything for her.

Manage your spending by creating and sticking to a budget.

There are many random, unprotected sites online that appear safe to use and are ready to accept credit card information. You wouldn't give a stranger off the street your credit card information, so be extra cautious about who you are sharing it with online.

You should go to work every day a little bit nervous.

It's important to have a really clear strategy so when you are in business, you only have to make micro-strategy changes.

This isn't like cancer, where we don't know the solution. Financial planning is math. We have the answers, yet it's this huge cause of stress.

Start a business plan for yourself, not for anyone else.

If you fail to pay your minimums for any debt on time, your credit score will take a major hit and you run the risk of seeing the interest rate on all of your cards go up. An easy way to remind yourself to pay, is to sign up to receive your statements via e-mail.

When you have a lot of money, there's so many places you can go to manage your money. But when you don't have money, mathematically you actually need a financial plan more. You can't really afford to make mistakes. So why is this such a luxury product?

As an entrepreneur, you have to be OK with failure. If you're not failing, you're likely not pushing yourself hard enough.

A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.