Is automating your finances the key to effortless money management, or a one-way ticket to financial autopilot disaster? Paula Pant, Jesse Cramer, and Doc G join us to navigate the fine line between automation genius and accidental money mayhem.

Done right, automation saves you time and stress. Done wrong? You might be funding a forgotten gym membership for the next five years. 😬

What’s Inside This Episode?

💰 The Power of Automation – How strategic automation can make your financial life simpler, more efficient, and stress-free.

🤖 What to Automate & What to Keep Manual – Should you set bills to auto-pay, or will that lead to mysterious charges on your credit card?

📊 High-Tech Money Tools: Are They Worth It? – Todoist, Notion, and other techy automation tricks—are they game-changers or just digital clutter?

💡 Personal Automation Hacks – How the panel automates their finances like pros (without losing control of their money).

🎭 The Dark Side of Automation – Horror stories of overdraft surprises, vanishing paychecks, and auto-pay regret.

📢 Stacker Debate: Should You Automate Everything? – The great automation showdown—when automation helps and when it hurts.

✨ Special Bonus: The Worst Things to Automate – Some things should NEVER be on autopilot. Find out what financial automation fails made our list.

Takeaways for Smart Stackers:

✅ Automation = Freedom (When Used Wisely). The right balance saves you time while keeping you in control.

✅ Auto-pay is great—until it isn’t. Track subscriptions and bills so you don’t end up paying for things you don’t use.

✅ Manual check-ins keep you financially sharp. Even with automation, you need to review your money regularly.

✅ Tech tools can help—but they’re not magic. The best system is the one you actually use.

🎧 Hit play now and rethink your approach to automation before it outsmarts you!

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