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"There’s kind of that Gary Vaynerchuk narrative that’s so pervasive now of just hustle, hustle, hustle. I'm all for the hustle. I was a huge component of it, but I think we live in an incredibly sort of burnout culture. I say that busyness is an epidemic."
"I'm single and in my 30s. I want to make sure that I am financially prepared as I get older, just in case I remain single. But, I'm having a hard time finding money advice for never-married singles who aren't younger and expected to marry someday. Help!"
"In our culture, the role of the money is primarily to pay for necessities. Anything extra, you need to save. I think as a result, most parents and kids that are brought up in that culture seem to be a little tight with their money."
"Nowadays we have mortgages, student loans, car and credit card payments. We have retirement savings and emergency savings. We need to save for our kid’s college. It's becoming incredibly difficult. We have created a system that is very, very complex."
"What do you advise married couples regarding investments accounts... should they be joint or separate?”
"To deliver results you need consistency and to have consistency, you have to control the message. So in my opinion to be successful as a brand, especially a lifestyle brand, you have to be consistent with your message and make sure that it delivers on its promises."
“I’m always talking about life’s serendipitous path; you don’t know where it’s going to take you and you need to be ready. You need to be ready to seize opportunities and when something is percolating in front of you or beside you…”
"My fiancé has student loan and credit card debt. I'm the breadwinner in our relationship and have zero debt. I'm going to help him pay it off the next few years but how do we prioritize the debt? And what do you think about prenuptial agreements?"
"We setup psychological road blocks for achievement by dwelling on the fact that, “My goodness, I have such a large amount of student loan debt.” You become debilitated. You stop becoming proactive and you stop fighting the good fight. If you first can put yourself in a position to overcome that block, to wrap your head around that debt and realize, it’s just a number and it’s something that can be tackled."
