{"id":1812,"date":"2012-11-17T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2012-02-08T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:26:06","slug":"using-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/using-credit-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Credit Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an excerpt of David\u2019s interview in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topcoachingtechniques.com\/\">Top Coaching Techniques<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ingrid: Should we even have a credit card?<\/p>\n<p>David: You can have a credit card, but only if you can control your spending and pay it off every month. 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