076: Getting Her First Job At Age 14, Having Money Goals

11/30/22 • 55 min

In this episode you will hear Kim talk about how Education is very important in her family, Kim's husband is a Teacher and Kim is a Lawyer. When Kim was 8 years old her parents divorced and that made money a little tighter when she was growing up. Kim knew if she wanted to have things and buy a car she would have to get a job, so at the age of 14 she got her first job at a car dealership. With this job Kim became a good saver as she realized she was saving for a purpose. Kim had clear written money goals from the beginning and worked hard to achieve them. Kim's Mom was a bookkeeper so she learned some concepts about money, how to budget and track spending. Kim's Grandmother is the one who taught her about building credit which was to use it once a month on something you can afford and pay it off before the due date. This is a great listen that we can all learn something from.

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Listen as Dave talks about his Mom's tradition with money being born and raised in Mexico and how that helped Dave, as he was born and raised in Los Angeles. Dave explains how it affected his mindset with money and also Dave walks you through how he handles credit/debt, utilizing credit cards. Dave also breaks down how he is teaching his children how to responsibly use credit cards to their benefit and reap the rewards that credit cards can offer.
Although Dave's perspective on the handling of credit cards does not align with someone like Dave Ramsey who believes we should not use any credit cards or have any debt, I understand Dave's mindset is not for everyone but using credit cards responsibly can effectively grow credit and wealth.

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077: Making Serious Money At 15 Years Old, Learning To Be Focused And Disciplined

In this episode you will hear Tony talk about when he was 15 his parents sat him down to talk to him about money. Tony was about to go on tour with a major recording artist and he was going to be paid a salary as a musician, his parents would not be with him so they taught him how not to be taken advantage of and to save his money. Tony learned at that early age how to have discipline and save money. In order to buy musical equipment that he needed to be able to perform with the well known musicians around him he needed to have focus and discipline. In his early 20's he realized that he needed to take money more serious but he didn't. Tony was not educated or informed on what to do with his money so the Tony of today would tell himself to learn as much as you can financially. Continue to listen to Tony's story as this a great listen!
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