Money Lessons You Need For the Real World

How would your life have changed had you learned about money in high school or even college? I know mine would, fingers crossed, be very different. Our guest in this episode, Jake Cousineau, is a high school teacher helping young adults better understand personal finance as well as the author of “How to Adult: Personal Finance for the Real World”. Inspired by his own lack of personal finance knowledge, Jake poured himself into creating a curriculum for his students that would be life-changing and decided to detail it all in his new book. As Jake says, “the best time to fix your money problems is right now, no matter what age you are.” In this episode, Jake is sharing his best personal finance tips to help you move from being reactive with your money to proactive so you can avoid so many money pitfalls and rebound from any money mistakes you might have already made. We all need to foster this skill for sure! I’ll let Jake tell you more. Alright, let’s get talkin’. Links How to Adult book Money Foundation videos Episode Sponsors Thanks to Chime for sponsoring the show. Get started with Chime today. Applying for a free account takes less than 2 minutes. Get started at chime.com/mymoney. Thanks to My First Million for sponsoring the show. If you're the type of person who's like me and always thinking about new business ideas and startup ideas, start listening today to the My First Million podcast on any podcast player. Thanks to Open Door Capital for sponsoring the show. Go to https://odcfund.com/ to learn more. Thanks to Shopify for sponsoring the show. Shopify is more than a store. Connect with your customers. Drive sales. Manage your day-to-day. Go to http://www.shopify.com/mymoney for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Thanks to Ladder for sponsoring the show. Go to http://www.Ladderlife.com/mymoney to see if you’re instantly approved for Life Insurance to provide for your family if the unthinkable happens.   FOLLOW & SHARE Leave us an honest rating and review. Head to the podcast player you’re listening to this episode in to leave us a review. Reviews help us continue to grow and bring on more amazing guests. Thank you in advance!  Love this episode? Share it with a few friends so they can learn these valuable money concepts as well. Be sure to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to never miss an episode! Have a Shannah Shares question? Submit your question here https://bit.ly/shannahshares Follow Me on Instagram for more money tips and behind the scenes information https://www.instagram.com/everyonestalkinmoney/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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