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Debt is not Bad. Being #Debt Free is not FIRE, Invest More!
In this episode, Lovely and Lawrence talk about the growth of the #DebtFreedomJourney and how it's not always as great as it seems. Popularized by Dave Ramsey in the 2000s, Debt Freedom and #FinancialPeaceUniversity have been re-positioned as an emotional argument when in truth, money management is at the intersection of arithmetics and critical thinking. For example, local bank savings account is still going for 0.01%. An investment of $10,000 in 2021 would have yielded $1. In contrast, an investment of $10,000 in Bank of America $BAC would have yielded $14,881. An investment in JP Morgan Chase $JPM of $10,000 would now be worth $12,811. An investment in American Express…
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Casting Prayers for Opportunities BUT Avoiding Change When It Comes
"Sometimes we stop our own success" In this episode, Lovely and the crew talk about rebuilding our wealth mindset: seeing and acting on opportunity. When the door opens, sometimes you are confronted with your own inaction, fear and limiting beliefs. When that happens, you would need to fight through imposter syndrome. Lawrence is ironically coming clean with his own insecurities.
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How to Start Your Personal Finance Journey and Earn Up To $2,500 for Free!
Getting started with your personal finance has never been easier. There is a fintech app for everything. You can also earn up to $2,500.
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Allowing Black Women the Financial Space To Fail and Excel
TFG discussed the critical need to create financial space for Black women to exhale and excel as it relates to personal and financial growth.
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How to Do the Internal Work to Reach Your True Worth
Learning how to do something to progress your life. So listen on how to do the internal work to grow into your purpose and true worth.
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Three Apps that Make Budgeting Easier than Pen and Paper
Budgeting doesn't have to be a terrible ordeal. Here are three apps that redefine your wealth from pen and paper. They make budgeting easy.
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Why Poor People Who Buy Used Cars, End Up Rich
Turns out Poor People who buy used cars can end up rich?! Learn how to cut the luxury expense and invest the difference.
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Blaming Other People Even Children for Our lack of Productivity
Alainta Alcin, Lovely Merdelus and Lawrence Delva-Gonzalez are three first-generation Haitian American discussing the Racial Wealth Gap as it relates to productivity and personal accountability. On this episode of the Financial Griot, we dish out our thoughts on we talk about being really productive and getting up out of the bed for yourself and your family. Too often the comments on social media latch unto being the victim of the day. A lot of that time would be better spent figuring out how to be the victor. This is a hard conversation for many to hear but in the end, your life and its trajectory relies heavily on your own…
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TNFG Weekly Chapter 25: Rich Beyond Limiting Beliefs
What's limiting your identity, your trajectory, your life? No matter what it is, what are you going to do about it.
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Want to Get Started with Wealth. Here are TNFG’s Top 10 Best Personal Finance Books
Where to Start with Personal Finance If you don’t know where to start and how this entire personal finance journey transform people into millionaires and then multi-millionaires, this is the way. These are some of the most renown personal finance books known for helping people set budget, make plans, enjoy travel; all while becoming automatically wealthy. This is a list of my favorite financial books for beginners. Furthermore, if Facebook was the last book that you read, I completely understand. For non-readers or if you have travel time to fill, check out Book Insights Podcast and the Swedish Investor for the YouTube audio. There is almost no excuse to stay…