Interesting How the Things People Say Can Shape You
When you look at the personal finance community, there are two stories that sell and scale. My personal finance topic wasn’t one of them. I wasn’t a self-made millionaire teaching others how to do the same. Nor was I the person teaching people how to get...
Recognition is Powerful, Yet Often Withheld From the Deserving
Last week, I was listening to the podcast, “Make Me Smart,” on NPR’s Marketplace. And I had a gobsmack moment: I learned that Coretta Scott King played an instrumental role in getting the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 passed!! ...
Work, Life, and Money: It’s Always An Inside-Out Job
I was on the beautiful island of Isla Mujeres attending a weeklong leadership retreat. It was a Wednesday morning, the first session of our third day. Soon into it, on the couch with the beautiful Caribbean Ocean as my backdrop, I am crying. Y’all, I don’t cry...
Technology is My Achilles Heel; What’s Yours, Money?
Talk with those who know me and they will attest: My personality is quintessential Type-A. Both the positive traits (e.g., highly-organized, achievement-oriented, disciplined, competitive) and the not-so-positive ones (e.g., impatient, stubborn, hate to lose). ...
Money: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
I’ve been told I have several “Jacquette-isms” when it comes to money. Here’s one of them: “Your relationship with money is one of the longest relationships you’ll have.” People are usually caught off guard when they hear me say it. Either because they...
