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Surely anyone with fingers in as many pies as Suze Orman--personal-finance guru, best-selling author, columnist, businesswoman and TV personality--must be a master multitasker, right...
Wrong, way wrong. "I, more than anybody I've ever met, do not believe in multitasking," says Orman, 54. "I think it's the absolute ruination of the perfection of a project...
...Orman, who has earned millions dispensing financial advice on her weekly CNBC show, on PBS specials, in O, the Oprah Magazine and via her books and kits on money matters, prides herself on her ability to focus on one thing at a time and stick tightly to her agenda. "I came to this conclusion after watching the way racehorses win," she explains. "They come out of the gate with blinders on and go for the finish line." Orman does the same. "I don't care what my competition is doing. I don't care how their books are selling...
...Sure, Orman has the usual battery of electronic devices--in fact, she runs a paperless office but has strict rules for using her gadgets. "When I am writing, I don't answer phones. I don't care what else is going on," she says. She has a cell phone but never leaves it on. "You can't call me. I only call you. I think you have to stop thinking you are at everyone else's beck and call." Silence, she adds, is critical. "You cannot complete your thoughts with everything ringing...
Anyone who saw his wife's handbag collection on MTV Cribs knows that hip-hop mogul RUSSELL SIMMONS has some serious coin. Now Simmons is teaming with financial guru SUZE ORMAN to teach cash-strapped young people how to manage their money. Their six-city tour starting this week in Detroit, "Get Your Money Right," will include seminars on credit scores, home ownership and car financing and guest appearances by Eminem and American Idol's Fantasia Barrino. Because nothing says down payment on a first home like a No. 1 album...