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Maximize Joy with SMART Financial Choices!

Jan 17, 2025

💡  Maximize Joy with SMART Financial Choices! 

 

🙌 On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Cara Macksoud, CEO of Money Habitudes about changing the way we think about money and financial behavior.

 

In this episode we discussed:

 

🔹 Maximizing your joy with you what you to have.

🔹 Money decisions under pressure can be more expensive.

🔹 Take the time to commit to learning something about money.

🔹 Have money conversations openly and non-judgmentally.

 

 🎥 Watch this episode below: 

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🎧 Listen to the podcast below or on your favorite podcast app.

 

 

 

 

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Mentioned this episode: 

 

  • The Tony Steuer Podcast with Ben Miller: Money Equals Time (here).
  • Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dr. Dan Ariely (Amazon)
  • Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter by Dr. Dan Ariely (Amazon)

 

Bio:  

Cara Macksoud, FBS® is the CEO of Money Habitudes. After a 15-year career as a trader on Wall Street and serving as the Chief Financial Officer for a nonprofit organization in New York City, Cara transitioned into the behavioral finance space. She earned a Graduate Certificate in Financial Therapy from Kansas State University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business. She is a Certified Financial Behavior Specialist® and a member of the Financial Therapy Association, where she serves on the board as the Chair of Student Engagement. Additionally, she is a member of the Association of Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) and is an Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) candidate.

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