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Money Talks: Rethink the Way You Earn, Spend & Grow
A blog that shares insights on financial behavior, mindset shifts, and real-world strategies to help you make better money decisions and have better conversations about money
Do You Know When You've Given Away Your Financial Power?
You and I don’t just learn from the consequences of our own choices, successes, and failures. We also learn from bearing witness to other people’s choices, successes, and failures.
This May Surprise You: I Hate the Phrase "Financial Literacy"
Growing up, I would get in trouble when I said the word “hate.” In our household, it was akin to cursing and that was something I did not do in front of my mother, unless it was a slip of the tongue! As a result, it’s not a word I use liberally.
Would You (Really) Know What to Do if You Became Suddenly Rich?
What if tomorrow morning you woke up to the news that you closed the deal and got THAT contract? What if the meeting on your calendar for tomorrow afternoon was to announce your nomination to become an equity partner at your law firm or consulting practice? What if...
These Remarkable Women in Baseball Inspire Me
Just as I inherited my love of music from my mother, the same is true of my love for the Yankees. I was five years old when my mother took me to my first game. I can still remember where we sat in the stadium, with my feet dangling and eating a hot dog and cracker...
Does Positive Thinking Help You Make Better Financial Choices?
Ask any of my clients or friends and they will attest that I’m known for saying, “you can’t think your way through to the other side of a problem or challenge.”
"Don't Worry About Money" - I Think This is the Wrong Advice
When it comes to money, what’s the biggest challenge you have or area you want to improve? What does success look like in relation to this? These are just two of the questions I ask people before we even get on a discovery call.
What Do You Need To (Still) Disrupt?
Last year around this time I wrote a piece, “If You Really Want 2020 to Be Different, Interrupt Something.” Ha! Little did I know the interrupting would be done for us and/or be of this magnitude. Whew… So, I thought it might be useful to revisit and share...
What’s the Thing Babies, Businesses and Money Have in Common?
You are probably thinking, where is she going with this title? Bear with me. As you may know, I’m an avid podcast listener, mostly those of a business and political nature.
Waiting is What Happens in the Gap, And It’s Hard
I voted. I donated. I volunteered. Now, I wait for the election results. Albeit, on pins and needles. I’m not alone in waiting. Not now; not ever.
Here Are the Money Questions I Wished People Asked
For the last several weeks, I’ve been writing about the value and power of questions, albeit from different angles.
One of the Most Effective Responses to a Question Is…
Asking questions is a part of my nature. Growing up, my mother called me Rona Barrett because of my incessant questions. So, it’s probably quite fitting that I make a living asking them.