When:  Wednesday, June 10 at 9 p.m ET/ 6 p.m. PT

Tired of scraping by to make ends meet? Looking for ideas on how you can get ahead?

Michael Rubin, author of “Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck,” and president of Total Candor, a financial education company.

Rubin will share tips and answer questions on things most everyone can do to decrease spending, increase savings and start to go above and beyond the paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle.

This event will be hosted on TalkShoe.  You can dial in by phone or log into the web-based client to listen and participate in the discussion:  http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/51172. If you are interested in this event, please register here on Eventbrite.

To learn more about Michael Rubin, see his bio at Total Candor.

To learn more about LifeTuner, visit LifeTuner.org.

Update: Michael asked me to give out this link to folks who are interested in purchasing the book for a $5 discount.  :)
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