The Importance of Intentional Giving

Jesse: High income earners have a great shot to do good and really make things happen in a way that others don't. He says Wine Ab started out selling a simple spreadsheet, now it's an online tool where you can link in all of your accounts. In our previous episode, we refresh the four money rules at Wine Ab for newer listeners and longtime listeners could walk through them.

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Clay Finck chats with Jesse Mecham all about budget, whether budgets are for everyone or not, looking at an investor’s overall financial situation when assessing their strategy, and much more!

Jesse is the founder of You Need A Budget or YNAB, and is also a personal finance expert and business leader. He is deeply passionate about teaching individuals, families, and business owners YNAB’s four rules to help them gain total control of their money, which Jesse will be covering for us a little bit later.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:34 - What led Jesse to start his business in 2004 while he was still in college?

06:13 - The story on when Jesse knew it was time to quit his full-time accounting career to go all in on his business.

14:59 - What is, and what is not a budget?

27:34 - YNAB’s four money rules.

43:39 - What Jesse’s personal portfolio looks like.

46:33 - What some of Jesse’s favorite books are.

And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members.
Check out You Need a Budget.
Check out YNAB’s YouTube channel.
Books mentioned in the episode: Traction, High Output Management, The Hard Thing about Hard Things, Your Money or Your Life, The Richest Man in Babylon, Antifragile, & Four Thousand Weeks.
Related Episode: Listen to MI080: To Be A Successful Investor, You Need A Budget w/ Jesse Mecham, or watch the video.

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