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Suze Orman once said earning more than $800,000 would make her 'sick to my stomach'—but that turning down Oprah Winfrey cured her self-doubt

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Today, Suze Orman may be known as the confident, no-nonsense, financial powerhouse that she is—but she wasn’t always that way. It was the late 1990s and with one hugely successful book already under her belt, publishing houses were fighting for the contract of her next best-seller.  The bidding war for publishing rights to The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom soon reached $800,000. However, rather than waiting to see how far the offers would climb, …

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