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Christmas is probably the last thing on your mind right now. I get it — you just celebrated Thanksgiving and you still have Halloween to plan. However, getting a head start on your Christmas shopping will help you to stick to your budget and avoid that yearly holiday stress.

I recently wrote a post about my conversation with Dragons' Den's star Arlene Dickinson who offered her best business tips for women. When I met with her, I also got a chance to sit down with the newest dragon on the set, David Chilton, author of the popular personal finance book, The Wealthy Barber. We talked about his views on entrepreneurship, money and what makes a business idea worth investing.

I have a closet full of regrets. There’s the $200 shoes that I’ve only worn three times (they hurt!). There’s the $40 jacket that looked great on the website, but looked cheap in person — I’ve never worn it. I have dozens of purchases tucked away in my closet that I bought without thinking, usually because I was bored or feeling low and just needed some "retail therapy".

According to a new book by Laura Vanderkam, called What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, the first hours of the day are crucial to one's success in career and in life. She explains that the most successful people know how to leverage those early hours to accomplish more.

I got to sit down with Arlene Dickinson, from CBC's Dragon's Den, who shared her thoughts on how entrepreneurs attain success, why it's okay to be emotional in business and why stay-at-home moms have a lot of skills to offer the business world.