In this week’s episode, join me as I chat with my friend Paco De Leon about her new book “Finance For The People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances.” Paco is the founder of The Hell Yeah Group, a financial firm focused on inspiring creatives to be engaged with their personal and business finances. We chat about the concept of eudaimonic happiness, unhealed trauma and debt, capitalism and investing, why gratitude can change the way you think and so much more.
“Having a gratitude practice is like the CTRL+C or like a shortcut for our brains and our bodies to snap out of this feeling of scarcity and step into this feeling of abundance.” – Paco De Leon
“Gratitude is one way to take inventory of our rich life that doesn’t have to do with money.” – Melanie Lockert
“When it comes to really big financial decisions you want to make sure that you’re in the window of tolerance so that you’re not making the worst situation for yourself.” – Paco De Leon
“If you want to create change in the world, you have to get the money. It’s undeniable.” – Paco De Leon
What You Will Learn From This Episode
- What is eudaimonia/eudaimonic happiness and how it can help our mental health and money
- Gratitude as the antidote for scarcity
- One of the things that is pushing us towards artificial scarcity today
- The concept of ‘window of tolerance’ and how it applies in relation to our finances
- How to get into your window of tolerance and what to do if you step out of it
- Debt due to unhealed trauma – how to recognize the symptom
- Why you should invest even if you hate or criticize capitalism
- Red flags to watch out for in financial professionals to avoid getting scammed
- Money lesson – follow the flow of money!
About Paco De Leon:
Paco is the author and illustrator of Finance for the People. She founded The Hell Yeah Group, a financial firm focused on inspiring creatives to be engaged with their personal and business finances after her experiences in small business consulting, financial planning, and wealth management. She is a TED speaker whose work has been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, TIME, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, Vice, Refinery 29, and Business Insider.She lives in Echo Park, Los Angeles with her wife Jenn. She plays in a band called Mister Fantasy, runs a boutique bookkeeping agency called Hell Yeah, Bookkeeping, is the co-host of the Money Diaries Podcast, and is a co-founder of the arts-based non-profit organization, Allies in Arts.
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