Struggling to budget and manage finances is common -- but talking honestly and openly about it isn't. Why do we hide our problems around money? In this thoughtful, personal talk, author Tammy Lally encourages us to break free of "money shame" and shows us how to stop equating our bank accounts with our self-worth.
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How do you make learning about fiscal wellbeing fun? Catie Hogan shares how she has turned her love of humor and financial responsibility into an enormous opportunity for a new generation of financial literacy. Catie Hogan is the Founder and President of Hogan Financial Planning.
She’s a personal finance expert, educator, and comedy writer. Catie is…
As an investigative journalist, Vince Beiser is always looking for the next fascinating story. Wired Magazine sent him to a remote village in India to investigate a murder over one of the most precious natural resources in the world.
To give you a hint, this resource is the foundation of our modern civilization--it is in the…
In the pursuit of happiness, we need a deep understanding of who we are. In this enriching talk by Nastassia Arendse, she explains how a personal experience changed her outlook on life, business and on herself.
Nastassia Arendse is the host of ‘The SAfm Market Update with Moneyweb’ and she writes for the…
It’s easy to get stuck thinking that the challenges of the digital era are so big that there’s nothing we can do about them. Building on principles of positive psychology, Amy Blankson confronts our “tech-victim” mentality and arms listeners with tools to fight back at the attention economy of likes and social media self-promotion.…
Science is close to finding the Holy Grail, the Fountain of Eternal Youth. Thanks to advances in biotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering, amortality (being unable to die from disease or age) if not complete immortality appears to be within our grasp.
The big question we should be asking about our future is changing from…
How can organizations attract, keep, reskill and motivate the people towards 2030 – Barry Vorster explores this in four worlds of work. Barry Vorster leads the HR Technology and Culture transformation practices at PwC and actively works to deliver high-impact culture projects.
He also focuses on digital learning and the future of work. Barry is…
Alex Chang is the founder and CEO of Ivy-Way Academy, CTO of a tech startup on skincare, a dance teacher, and a hacker. Back in high school, Alex was not exactly "Ivy League material."
He did not finish top 5 in his public high school in New York, did not get a near-perfect SAT score, did…
This TEDx talk garnered 38000 views in its first 19 hours of going live and is one of the most popular current talks on the channel at the moment. If you are looking for some Friday motivation, then this might just be what you are looking for.
Alyssa is a 17-year-old with a passion for the…
Paul Iske started the Institute of Brilliant Failures, calls himself CFO, Chief Failure officer. According to Paul it is very important that people can make mistakes and learn from that, learn from experiences that didn't lead to a certain goal.
Paul was Chief Information Officer at a big national Dutch bank. When he left that bank,…
The payday loan industry has preyed on resource-strapped individuals, teachers, and single mothers for decades — with deals that seem too good to be true. Once ensnared, borrowers can become trapped by hundreds of dollars in unexpected fees and high interest rates.
SoLo Funds’ Dari Grant has an idea to disrupt the payday loans industry…
Hard work, resilience and grit lead to success, right? This narrative pervades the way we think, says economist Darrick Hamilton, but the truth is that our chances at economic security have less to do with what we do and more to do with the wealth position we're born into.
Enter "baby bonds": trust accounts of…