At an evening meeting she watched BigSmart distributor Jeff Fournier brag of leaving a six-figure job with a local mortgage company to make some serious bucks.

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On the other hand, as Maroe points out, spending a couple of thousand dollars on coaching to land a six-figure job may be well worth the investment.

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Studies have shown most people feel happier in a five-figure job where they are earning more than the majority of other people in the company than they do in a six-figure job where they are making significantly less than others, says Stan Smith, founder and CEO of Smith Economics Group Ltd.

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