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YW 38 – “Outwitting the Devil” and Issues Facing Young People with Sharon Lechter

ari — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:22:56 +0000

Jason Hartman is joined by Sharon Lechter, author, speaker, and education advocate, to talk about her recent trip to Ghana, financial issues facing young people today, and National Financial Literacy. Sharon shared some interesting facts about Ghana. It was recently highlighted by the World Bank as the fastest growing economy in the world. They are positioned to set a good example for other countries. Listen at: www.jasonhartmanfoundation.org. Sharon made the trip to Ghana to speak with the young people about her program, “Thrive Time Challenge,” and about global economic issues and how to be responsible stewards of money. The Challenge has been launched by Sharon and her organization, Pay Your Family First, along with Choices Educational Empowerment, a non-profit group. It is a statewide financial literacy program geared toward teens to teach good management skills of money and time, to realize everyone is an entrepreneur with the freedom to manage their own lives. Sharon speaks about creating a sustainable economy. It starts with educating the younger generation. She emphasizes that education should draw out the desire to learn and it should give them information and tools that they can apply to their own lives, to succeed, and to create value for themselves and everyone around them.

Jason and Sharon discuss the ballooning student loan situation in the U.S. and whether a college education is still as valuable as it once was. Sharon feels that it has to do with a standard, an expectation in our society, and students today can look at alternative ways of attending college to avoid the need for large student loans, such as scholarships or employers who assist with college expenses. The Thrive Time for Teens game deals with this issue, as well as educating youth about investing, real estate, and how to obtain good credit to open doors of opportunity.
A life-long education advocate, Sharon Lechter is the founder of Pay Your Family First, a financial education organization, and YOUTHpreneur, an innovative new way to spark the entrepreneurial spirit in our children. In 2009 Sharon was appointed to the National CPA Financial Literacy Commission as a national spokesperson on the topic of financial literacy. In 2008 Sharon was appointed to the first President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. The Council served both President Bush and President Obama advising them on the need for financial literacy education.

Sharon is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, educator, international speaker, licensed CPA and mother. She has been a pioneer in developing new technologies, programs and products to bring education into children’s lives in ways that are innovative, challenging and fun, and remains committed to education – particularly financial literacy. In 1989 she joined forces with the inventor of the first electronic ‘talking book’ and helped him expand the electronic book industry to a multi-million dollar international market. Since 1992, she has dedicated her professional life and directed her entrepreneurial efforts in the creation and distribution of financial education books, games and other experiential learning products. In cooperation with the Women’s Presidents Organization, Sharon has held events across the country to teach young girls financial lessons through interactive games. In 2009 this event launched her new financial literacy board game THRIVE TIME for Teens, an innovative experiential and fun life and money reality game which has gained recognition with coveted awards including the GOLD Mom’s Choice Award, Creative Child Magazine’s 2010 Game of The Year, Dr. Toy’s Best Vacation Product and a five-star rating from WTS Toy Reviews. Recognized as an expert on the topics of financial education for children and entrepreneurship, Sharon has been featured in top national media outlets including CNN, Forbes.com, MSN Money and The Chicago Tribune. Sharon has authored Think and Grow Rich – Three Feet from Gold in cooperation with the Napoleon Hill Foundation and Greg Reid which was released in October 2009 and has ranked as a BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal best-seller. Sharon’s most recent book project is Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill-a manuscript hidden for over 70 years updated by Lechter for the modern reader. Future projects with the Foundation include Think and Grow Rich titles for Women and Children.

YW 37 – An Engaging Discussion on Public Policies with Katie Kieffer

ari — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:51:18 +0000

Join Jason Hartman as he interviews national journalist and commentator, Katie Kieffer regarding the importance of being involved in public policy to protect business owners and capitalism. Katie tells her story as to how she became involved in the liberal/conservative movement, starting with publishing a conservative editorial newspaper that caused a lot of controversy. This was the beginning of her work with giving young people a voice and helping them become involved in the important issues of our time. For more details, listen at: http://www.jasonhartmanfoundation.org. Katie discusses the importance of being properly informed and becoming involved in public policy. One subject that Jason and Katie explore is “carried interest,” how large of a role it plays in building large projects and providing employment. Katie feels that our current administration attacks the white collar industries and the wealthy, which ultimately hurts everyone, slowing everything down. Katie also shares her views on the economic crisis, feeling it started with the government via bad regulations, opening the door for corruption on Wall Street.

Katie Kieffer is a national columnist and political commentator. Her multimedia website is KatieKieffer.com. She writes a column for TownHall.com every Monday. Katie has a background in journalism, multimedia entrepreneurship, public speaking and commercial real estate. Due to her diverse experiences, Katie is a popular public speaker for college campuses and professional conferences across the country. Katie is a frequent guest on local and national radio shows to discuss her viewpoints on young professionals. Katie graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of St. Thomas. As a college freshman, she wrote an opinion column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. During her sophomore year of college, Katie founded, edited and published a nationally recognized student journal of thought and opinion called the St. Thomas Standard. Katie also developed a comprehensive website for the newspaper so that all of the articles were available online. Katie has over six years of experience in commercial real estate. Before launching into multimedia, Katie worked for NorthMarq Real Estate Services. She chaired a National NAIOP Young Professionals Forum of rising stars in commercial real estate and traveled across the country learning about different geographic business climates and development trends. Katie also chaired the NAIOP Minnesota Developing Leaders and was recognized as NAIOP’s Volunteer of the Year in 2007.

Katie is a LEED Accredited Professional through the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Katie balances conservation and profitability considerations when discussing sustainability. Katie has traveled abroad and she currently researches the needs and challenges that young professionals face across the globe. Katie conducts interviews of both experienced and young professionals and showcases these on her website to inspire other young people to think innovatively, whether they work within a large corporation or are interested in starting their own ventures.

YW 35 – Breaking the Cycle and Making the World Yours

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:38:11 +0000

In today’s world, many youth don’t realize how much can be theirs and tend to follow a generational cycle. They lack vision and live out the reality that’s given to them. Join Jason Hartman and Eric Thomas, the Hip Hop Preacher, as they discuss how to break these cycles by changing belief systems and taking responsibility for not only successes, but failures, and making decisions with the realization that success starts with yourself. Visit: http://jasonhartmanfoundation.org/articles/young-wealth-show/
Renown speaker, educator, author, activist and minister, Eric Thomas is rising to national prominence by delivering a high energy message that tells youth through first hand experience how to live up to their full potential and greatness and by breaking the cycles of crime, hopelessness and despair that many face daily. Known for his engagingly personal approach, his messages are both dynamic & inspiring. When coupled with his own Cycle-Breaking experience his blunt essays on reality and remarkable ability to reach even the most jaded of minds, has helped thousands of youth nationwide become peak performers academically, spiritually and personally. Eric has electrified audiences ranging from Fortune 500 companies to urban educators, collegiate athletic programs and inner-city youth development agencies with the message of his own life’s struggles and the principles, insights and strategies he used to overcome them. Eric is no stranger to the ills that plague our communities as he was born in Chicago, IL and raised on the streets of Detroit, MI. His childhood and adolescent years were difficult, and his life struggles and personal identity issues were intensified because like so many, he did not establish a relationship with his biological father until his early thirties.

At the age of 16, defiant and hardheaded, Eric decided to leave home and drop out of school, choosing to live on the streets of Detroit. By divine intervention at age 17, Eric met a pastor who saw him a young man with tremendous unrealized potential. As a result, their mentoring relationship was born which led Eric to complete his GED and to prepare for college. Determined not to be another statistic, Eric enrolled at Oakwood University where he began reading every thing he could get his hands on. Understanding the struggle of the streets, he realized what his purpose in life was to become, so he reached back to his fellow drug dealers and helped many of them get their GED’s, go to college and incorporate the strategies and self-improvement exercises he learned in order to assist them in developing their own life plans. In so doing, he provided them with a much-needed positive option to the life of crime and illiteracy they then led. While in college, Eric started Break The Cycle I Dare You, (BTC) a non profit youth development and special event organization that focuses on developing programs for youth who have made bad choices and most often have had family, social, and academic struggles along with the lack of a father figure in their lives. Today BTC has developed and produced many supportive community-based programs and conferences across the country. They provide youth and teachers alike with activities, self-improvement exercises and motivational strategies to help them reach their highest potential in life. Eric now serves as the Chairman of the Organization.

He obtained his Masters degree in 2005 and is currently pursuing his PhD in Education Administration at Michigan State University and serves as Senior Pastor of A Place of Change Ministries, Lansing Michigan. He also serves as a consultant at Michigan State where he has developed The Advantage Program, an undergraduate retention program targeting academically high-risk students of color. In addition to his work with the Advantage at Michigan State, he also serves as a consultant for several collegiate athletic programs across the country. In this role, he provides assistants to student-athletes having academic and social challenges as it relates to successfully transitioning from high-risk schools and communities to a collegiate environment. Eric’s representation of the merits of higher education, coupled with his knowledge of the pains of the street, inspires young people to break bad habits and reach for new levels of personal and spiritual achievement. Eric has lived a life of challenges and triumph but has found a way to break the cycle.

YW 33 – DNA of the Young Entrepreneur

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:39:25 +0000

Jason Hartman and author and entrepreneur, Sean McCauley, discuss what it takes for young entrepreneurs to make it in business today. Listen at: http://jasonhartmanfoundation.org/articles/young-wealth-show. Sean’s book, DNA of the Young Entrepreneur: A Way to Wealth for Young Entrepreneurs, provides young adults with the understanding of what success requires. Sean talks about his own path to success, the lessons learned along the way, and the principles required to be successful, including the sort of attitude and commitment required to get there.

Sean is a wunderkind – with the strength and determination to succeed at whatever he does. A young entrepreneur, he was raised in rural poverty and has lifted himself to wealth in the millions through his service, import, and real estate portfolios. The intensity, commitment, and preparation that Sean demonstrates provide practical starting points for anyone who wishes to become wealthy. Though still in his late 30’s, Sean has become successful in business many times over, with accomplishments such as SBA’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and the San Francisco Bay Area’s Most Successful Under-40 Recognition. He has sufficient self-awareness and analytical abilities to clearly describe the principles and practices that have contributed to his success, so that others can follow where he has led.

YW 32 – Millionaire by 28: Real Estate Investing for the Young and Ambitious

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:51:43 +0000

Jason Hartman talks with author Todd Babbitt about his rise to wealth through real estate investing while still in his 20s. More at http://jasonhartmanfoundation.org/articles/young-wealth-show. What would you do with a million dollars? For the majority of Americans, the answer to this question will remain only a dream. But not to Todd Babbitt, who reached his goal of being a millionaire by the age of 28. Todd’s book, Millionaire by 28: Real Estate Investing for the Young and Ambitious, recounts Todd’s rise from middle-class dreamer to multimillionaire without having extraordinary talents, privileged family members, or connections. He used only the resources he had: common sense, persistence, and a burning desire to make money.

Todd Babbitt grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, in an average middle-class family. He attained the majority of his wealth through real estate, and a smaller portion from the stock market. Nothing he did was complicated or beyond the understanding of an average person. Today, Todd lives the good life in Naples, Florida, with his wife and daughter. He continues to build his net worth through various investments.

YW 31 – Frank Corbin: Creating Wealth Through Real Estate Investing

admin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:13:14 +0000

Jason Hartman talks with Frank Corbin. There’s an old saying that goes, “Those who can, do. Those who can’t teach.” In many cases this is true. This saying needs to be modernized, however, because many who can, do – and then they go on to teach.

Such was the case with Frank Corbin at http://jasonhartmanfoundation.org/articles/young-wealth-show/. When Frank was very young, he had a “hunger”, as he put it, to become wealthy. After moving from Ghana to New York City, he watched his mother constantly struggle to pay the bills. Frank was determined not to get into this same situation. Frank was determined to become wealthy and eliminate money as an issue in his life. As a teenager, Frank worked many different jobs. After graduating from high school, he attended DeVry Institue in Toronto – which loaded him up with student loans and other debts.

In addition to his studies at DeVry, Frank also purchased every real estate course and real estate investment book he could get his hands on. As a result, Frank became convinced that purchasing and holding real estate was the easiest and quickest way to become wealthy.

At the age of 21, Frank purchased his first property – a $241,000 home in Toronto which he picked up for no money down, received $20,000 at closing and the property ended up providing him with $900 per month of positive cash flow. One year later, Frank had attained 4 more properties and was financially free.

After 15 years of buying properties, Frank became bored. He needed a new challenge. Frank saw people struggling financially. He couldn’t understand why people weren’t doing what he was able to do so easily. So he went about creating a course, the Remic Wealth Institute, which teaches his methods for finding and investing in real estate. While putting together the courses within Remic Wealth Institute, Frank identified another need people had that he new he could satisfy – obtaining credit despite having a poor credit history. “The 8 Strategies to Highly Effective Credit” was thus born.

YW 30 – Dr. Denis Waitley on The Psychology of Winning and The Seeds of Greatness

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:11:42 +0000

Jason interviews his early mentor Dr. Denis Waitley on “The Psychology of Winning.” Listen in at: http://jasonhartmanfoundation.org/articles/young-wealth-show/. At age 17, Jason discovered Waitley and it was a life altering event leading to his early and sustained success. Waitley is one of America’s most respected authors, keynote lecturers and productivity consultants on high performance human achievement. He has inspired, informed, challenged, and entertained audiences for over 25 years from the board rooms of multi-national corporations to the locker rooms of world-class athletes and in the meeting rooms of thousands of conventioneers throughout the world. Recently, he was voted business speaker of the year by the Sales and Marketing Executives’ Association and by Toastmasters’ International and inducted into the International Speakers’ Hall of Fame.

Financial Expert, Jim Lowell on the Young Wealth Show, ‘Time is on the young investor’s side’

Brandon @ The www.YoungWealth.com Team — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:06:21 +0000

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June 27, 2010 — Jim Lowell, author of “Investing from Scratch,” joins the Young Wealth Show to speak on financial planning for young investors. The interview aims at the 20 to 30 year old beginning investor by suggesting actions to take to get on the right track.

Host of the Young Wealth Show, Jason Hartman, asks Lowell what basic actions young adults can take prior to investing. Lowell replies, “Time is on the young investor’s side to secure a bright financial future… make sure you are employed, have three to six months saved for a rainy day, then, with limited capital, invest in no-load indexed mutual funds to take advantage of compounding interest.”

Lowell spent most of his childhood and young adult life talking about stocks, bonds and cash around the dinner table, not sports, and suggests that investing clubs or groups can be beneficial for young adults to gain financial literacy. “But take a cautious approach to the existing investor clubs,” he says, “if you can, assemble an investing club with friends and share notes; often times, the long-standing clubs may require you to purchase the funds they are involved in.

Financial planning and goal setting can cast a young investor in the right direction; and increasing financial knowledge, and paying attention to economic activities, can help a young investor recognize opportunities or risks that exist. Lowell states, “With the government spending itself into oblivion, we need to secure our own financial future. Remember, it’s time in the market, not timing the market that creates long-term wealth.”

The Jason Hartman Foundation recognizes that life as a young adult can be very confusing and chaotic. In the midst of completing formal education and beginning a career, there is a constant level of uncertainty concerning what will transpire in the future. The Jason Hartman Foundation is specifically concerned with helping young adults develop the necessary skills for financial success. The Young Wealth Show offers free educational information to help young adults develop the financial literacy needed to become financially independent. The show can be found on www.JasonHartmanFoundation.org/articles/young-wealth-show or the iTunes store.

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Contact Info:
Brittney Roberts
The Jason Hartman Foundation
Phone: 714-820-4267
Email: Media@JasonHartman.com
Web: http://www.JasonHartmanFoundation.org

Jason Hartman Reveals the 3 C’s of Financial Success During the First Episode of the Young Wealth Show

Brandon @ The www.YoungWealth.com Team — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:48:51 +0000

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June 20, 2010 – The Young Wealth Show, a free, educational podcast show, launched its first episode by discussing the 3 C’s of Financial Success – Credit, Capital and Competency.

Jason Hartman, founder of the Jason Hartman Foundation, begins the episode by introducing the Young Wealth Show and highlights the overarching objectives of the podcast show, while also speaking about specific topics coming up in future episodes.

During the 14 minute introductory episode, Jason Hartman spotlights a professionally read article on “the 3 C’s of Financial Success” contained in the first the Jason Hartman Foundation Newsletter.

The Jason Hartman Foundation stresses the importance of the 3 C’s its significant role in obtaining long-term success as a young adult. “Credit is necessary for obtaining long-term fixed-rate mortgage to purchase assets that produce income,” the article reads. “Capital is necessary for investing in future opportunities…this can be obtained from your own savings, friends and family, or private investors.” Competency, or financial literacy, “represents the most valuable capital…it will allow an investor to see opportunities easier and make intelligent decisions.” The article also states that knowledge and action are the core competencies of an investor.

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Contact Info:

Brittney Roberts
The Jason Hartman Foundation
Phone: 714-820-4267
Email: Media@JasonHartman.com
Web: www.JasonHartmanFoundation.org