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Get up, dress up, and show up.
Flowers make me irrationally happy.
You should go to work every day a little bit nervous.
Start a business plan for yourself, not for anyone else.
Money shouldn't be worshiped and it shouldn't be ignored.
Manage your spending by creating and sticking to a budget.
Know the difference between your necessary and discretionary expenses.
When everyone zigs, zag. Life is all about trying to get somewhere first.
Losing your job is terrifying, but being prepared makes it so much easier.
What's the point of creating a budget if it's not possible to follow through?
As a new entrepreneur, you need a stake in the game, but you can't risk it all.
Personally, I am obsessed with my mom, and I would do literally anything for her.
Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.
I don't want to tell you what to buy. I just want to help you think about why you're buying it.
Tax time is the perfect opportunity to jumpstart your spring-cleaning by tackling your financial to-do list.
A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.
We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money.
I go to bed at 2 a.m. and get up at 7 a.m. - I've never been a sleeper. But I definitely get sick every month-and-a-half.
It's important to have a really clear strategy so when you are in business, you only have to make micro-strategy changes.
As an entrepreneur, you have to be OK with failure. If you're not failing, you're likely not pushing yourself hard enough.
It is critical that kids start to learn the value of money, short-term and long-term saving and budgeting at an early age.
Your credit report should be 100% accurate, so make sure everything is entirely correct. If something doesn't look right, dispute it.
A financial plan is a way to take all of the money advice you come across and figure out how it applies to your specific financial situation.
This isn't like cancer, where we don't know the solution. Financial planning is math. We have the answers, yet it's this huge cause of stress.
For many, graduation marks the end of formal student life - the end of long spring breaks and of thinking that a 10 A.M. class is far too early.
The most common reason new mothers return to work sooner than they'd like to is because they can't afford to go without their salaries any longer.
At LearnVest, we're working to make financial planning both accessible and affordable so that everyone has the opportunity to get on track financially.
The time to save for the future is now. Thanks to compounding interest, the earlier you start putting money away for the future, the more you will save.
As a wife, daughter, friend, and the founder and CEO of LearnVest, my schedule is anything but simple. But I learned early on how meticulously manage my time.
I think of all my time as existing in 15-minute blocks. Most people think in terms of 30-minute chunks, but I've found that when I free up more time, I waste it.
As a wife, daughter, friend, and the founder and CEO of LearnVest, my schedule is anything but simple. But I learned early on how to meticulously manage my time.
We're providing planning to a huge audience who's never had access to financial planners before. This was always my plan for LearnVest. It was in my very first pitch deck.
I always have Moleskine notebooks on my desk. I am a big journaler. Every day I write down where I went, who I spoke to and what it was all about. Richard Branson told me to do that.
Growing up in a family of doctors, I wanted to be a brain surgeon for a while. But ultimately, I get most excited about creating things, which is why I decided to become an entrepreneur.
I'm proud that LearnVest is creating content that helps expectant moms tackle their finances. As much as possible, we hope to lessen the stress during what is said to be such a life-changing time.
When I was younger, I used to play mind games in which I'd try to finish tasks in minutes. My favorite was when I would shower, lay out my school clothes, then devour my dinner - in 15 minutes flat.
Make the most of online banking to make your life easier and keep your finances organized. Online banking is great because it offers quick, easy, 24-hour access to your checking and savings accounts.
Before you take the leap, before you jump, really make sure it's going to be something you want to get out of bed [to do] everyday, because it is so hard. So you want to make sure that you're really committed.
Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.
The best advice that I can offer is that being proactive and a careful planner is key. Think about the major things that could shake up your financial life, and Ill bet there are some great ways to protect yourself.
The best advice that I can offer is that being proactive and a careful planner is key. Think about the major things that could shake up your financial life, and I'll bet there are some great ways to protect yourself.
I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for things myself with my own savings, it sharpened my focus of how to spend money.
By teaching twenty-something year olds responsible debt management practices, we can help them create a balanced lifestyle and find peace of mind through increased financial awareness, smart saving and long-term investing.
Even if you feel like your debt is just never going to go away, think long and hard before declaring bankruptcy. Declaring bankruptcy means that getting a loan for anything will be next to impossible for the next 10 years.
Without any formal personal finance instruction in our high school or college curricula, many college seniors who graduate in the red will continue to make common financial mistakes that only exacerbate their debt burdens.
I always encourage people to pay themselves first, so I really advocate setting up direct deposit for your paycheck and establishing an automatic transfer so that part of each paycheck goes straight into your savings account.
Investing in renter's insurance is hugely worthwhile. It protects you from a whole load of financial pitfalls around your home. Your home should be the center of your sense of security - not the cause of you losing financial security.
When I was planning LearnVest, everyone told me I had to talk to Ann Kaplan, one of the first female partners at Goldman Sachs. Within five minutes of our meeting, she totally got the idea - and by the time I left, she was a seed investor.
I am so organized that it's dysfunctional. Everything has a place. I am a very visual person, so my environment is important to me. If my environment is messy, I can't think clearly. I don't like clutter. A clean desk is a clean mind for me.
My ultimate goal is to create operating systems for myself that allow me to think as little as possible about the silly decisions you can make all day long - like what to eat or where we should meet - so I can focus on making real decisions.