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In this episode I talk with Diane Gardner from TaxCoach4You.com. That's right taxes. A subject very few people are eager to discuss. But Diane loves it because she takes a slightly different approach. Diane is a Certified Tax Coach and a large portion of her business is coaching entrepreneurs to help them pay the least amount of tax that's legally required. Sounds nice. She's saved her clients over a million dollars in taxes over the past few years. She knows her stuff. Of course, we start the interview with her big mistake and the struggle she faced. You can listen to find out what it was. Here’s what else Diane and I discuss: Diane answers the question, "What exactly is a tax coach and proactive tax planning?" How she's saved her clients over $1 million with tax planning, nut just filing the taxes but actively planning. Why she bought her business' building in 2007, at the top of the real estate market. How she lost half her clients, because they went out of business, from 2007 to 2010. How she struggled t