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This book is a clear, easy to understand guide to a variety of topics which help professional athletes minimize the risk of losing their fortune. In fact, this book will help athletes learn how to make their money and savings grow. Inside you will find strategies for navigating: - Family and Money: Strategies for navigating money with family in a way that is balanced and protects the athlete's interests. - Advisors: Weeding out unethical advisors and building an effective\/comprehensive team. - Retirement: Wealth building strategies to create a long term financial plan for life after sports. - Giving Back: Responsible strategies for giving back to the community and empowering others. Ryan Mack has used his expertise to create a handbook, the first of its kind, to empower athletes financially. If an athlete wants to spend his or her money wisely to maximize the possibility of long-term financial success, they must read Playing Smart and keep it for future reference. 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Ryan Mack, Wall Streeter-come-financial advisor, has written LIVING IN THE VILLAGE for those who need a clear, accessible and tangible plan for getting personal finances in order once and for all. In a frank, accessible voice, Ryan C. Mack provides simple, easy-to-understand financial advice that you can implement right away. 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This community collaboration book project is geared to excite, educate, and empower all ages of Detroit and America. These youth, through love and nurturing, have overcome an adverse economic climate in Detroit, Michigan to become scholars within the National Academy Foundation's Academy of Finance program curriculum. With a bright future in front of them and a lot of love surrounding them, this village provides a blueprint to how a community can come together to create intergenerational empowerment. The NAF's Academy of Finance led by Director Leslie M. Spain is part of the CISC Pathway at Martin Luther King, Jr. Sr. High School. The CISC program offers students the opportunity to participate in a stimulating learning environment that provides STEM infused industry-specific curricular, work-based learning experiences, and internships. The student authors who participated in this project are juniors and seniors currently enrolled in the CISC Pathway and NAF's Academy of Finance. Ryan Mack left his job on Wall Street with the goal of educating people of all income levels about fiscal responsibility. As President of Main Street Broadcasting, LC, he continues to develop and administer programs that focus on teaching and increasing exposure to principles of economic empowerment within communities of need throughout America and internationally. He has created ongoing financial programming, workshops, and provided keynote presentations for organizations such as ARP, SEIU, AFL-CIO, Harvard University, NACP, NASA, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and many more. 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