So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi
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Sep 29, 2021 • 29min

1259: Aiming for 50/50 Financial Equality in Your Marriage? You're Doing it All Wrong.

If you are striving for equality in your relationship, you might be doing it all wrong. Our guests today Nate and Kaley Klemp, are a married couple and co-authors of the new book The 80/80 Marriage: A New Model for a Happier Stronger Relationship, recently named an editor's choice pick by the New York Times.According to the authors, striving for a 50/50 marriage is really just a framework for failure.Farnoosh and the Klemps explore the shift from fairness to what the couple calls radical generosity, as well as individual to shared success. They also share a number of tools for making these shifts real in the areas of saving, spending and balancing power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 27, 2021 • 27min

1258: How to Be a Better Boss with Author and Wharton Professor Rachel Pacheco

Guest Rachel Pacheco is on the faculty at The Wharton School of Business and the author of Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers, which provides real-life strategies and teachings for how to be an effective leader and manager in the workplace. Farnoosh and Rachel discuss how managers can work harder to engage and retain employees, as well as some of Rachel's biggest mistakes as a boss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 24, 2021 • 30min

1257: Ask Farnoosh: Pay Down Mortgage or Invest More? Should I Take the Start-Up Job? How to Budget After a Layoff?

Tackling a wide range of financial and career-related questions on Ask Farnoosh today. Listeners want to know how to evaluate a job offer at a smaller company, the benefits of paying off a mortgage versus investing more for retirement. And what are the financial steps to take before quitting your job to focus full-time on a side business? How to budget after a layoff? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 22, 2021 • 35min

1256: How to Master the Long Game in Work, Money and Life

Author and Duke University Professor Dorie Clark joins to share insights from her latest book, "The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World." Clark talks about how to break out of the endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek, with unique principles and frameworks you can apply to your specific situation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 20, 2021 • 34min

1255: How to Land a Major Book Deal with Richelle Fredson

Richelle Fredson is a book publishing consultant and proposal coach. She lends her extensive knowledge to aspiring authors - including Farnoosh! - to guide them through the book development process from concept to proposal to agent introductions. Dubbed the “six figure book deal coach” her clients regularly receive competitive book deals from Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Hachette, Sounds True and many more.As host of the Bound + Determined with Richelle Fredson podcast, she provides a behind-the-scenes look at the business of books, interviewing industry leaders and authors.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 17, 2021 • 33min

1254: Ask Farnoosh: How Much Money to Give to Parents? Smart Ways to Manage Money Post-Divorce? OK to Cash Out Life Insurance?

This week's Ask Farnoosh offers advice to a listener post-divorce on ways to think about re-establishing her financial life, as well as whether it's OK to cash out a life insurance policy to use towards buying a home. How to establish boundaries with a parent that's financially dependent on you? And what to do with a $50,000 inheritance? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 15, 2021 • 31min

1253: The Truth About Financial Self-Care with Author Allison Task

What does financial self-care look like? It may not be what we think. Farnoosh interviews Allison Task, life and career coach and author of the new book, to learn ways to create more happiness and fulfillment in your financial life, as well as in your personal life and career...especially in these challenging times. Allison's new book is entitled A Year of Self Care Journal: 52 Weeks to Cultivate Positivity and Joy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 13, 2021 • 26min

1252: What You Need to Know About the Updated Child Tax Credit

The next Child Tax Credit arrives on September 15. Ahead of that, Farnoosh interviews Roxy Caines from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, about how families can gain access to this much-needed benefit. Families can find out more information about the credit, if they qualify and how to get it at GetCTC.org.Also:Check out the Child Tax Credit 2021 breakdown on CNET.Calculate how much your family could receive with CNET's calculator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 10, 2021 • 28min

1251: Ask Farnoosh: Rent or Buy? Should I Start a Business with My Cousin? 401(k) Rollovers and More

This Friday, Farnoosh answers listeners' questions regarding whether it's better to own or rent an apartment in an expensive city. What to look out for when starting a business with a relative? What are the best investing courses? How to make the most of a previous 401(k) if you don't plan to start a new job yet? Reminder to send questions for Fridays shows to farnoosh@somoneypodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 8, 2021 • 30min

1250: How to Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace

From Stacey Vanek Smith, the NPR host of The Indicator and correspondent for Planet Money, comes Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace. It is an accessible, funny, clear-eyed, and practical guide for how women can apply the principles of 16th-century philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli to their work lives and finally shatter the glass ceiling. Using The Prince as a guide and with charm and wit, Smith applies Renaissance politics to the 21st century, and demonstrates how women can take and maintain power in careers where they have long been cast as second-best. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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