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Jun 11
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395: No, You Really Don’t Need a Budget!...

Dear Media, Arielle Lorre
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Jesse Mecham is a personal finance expert, speaker, business leader, and the Founder of You Need A Budget (YNAB for short). A self-proclaimed “recovering CPA,” he is deeply passionate about teaching individuals, families, and business owners his method to taking control of their money and making it work for them. Jesse hosts The Jesse Mecham Show, and is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of book You Need A Budget. He is on the show to discuss the biggest mistakes we make when it comes to money, how to use scarcity to our benefit, reframing saving, how to get out of debt, why naming your money is important and how to differentiate between present and future you. This is a fun empowering episode that will help you cultivate a better relationship with money.


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