Mellody Hobson
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I have a much different perspective on life. One of our colleagues died last week. So I'm very raw. I'm so sorry. Yeah. He had a heart attack at 50.
I have a much different perspective on life. One of our colleagues died last week. So I'm very raw. I'm so sorry. Yeah. He had a heart attack at 50.
And you just, it is a very, very, very, very hard thing. And so the fragility and the fact that at any moment, I had not ever experienced that. Someone I love just dying one day out of nowhere. It just has been very, very, very sobering.
And you just, it is a very, very, very, very hard thing. And so the fragility and the fact that at any moment, I had not ever experienced that. Someone I love just dying one day out of nowhere. It just has been very, very, very sobering.
Yeah. It's going to take me a while to get over it.
Yeah. It's going to take me a while to get over it.
Well, you are a bright light and we are all watching and we're in the glow basking. And I am so very happy for you and all that you're accomplishing and all that you will still do, which is a lot.
Well, you are a bright light and we are all watching and we're in the glow basking. And I am so very happy for you and all that you're accomplishing and all that you will still do, which is a lot.
So I was using the children and I have been using children as a gateway to adults. Yes. I thought if I could have parents think I've got to teach this to my children when I, in fact, know they don't know the subject matter. They'd be de facto learning. Yes. That is the exact. answer that I'm getting. Oh, that was the goal.
So I was using the children and I have been using children as a gateway to adults. Yes. I thought if I could have parents think I've got to teach this to my children when I, in fact, know they don't know the subject matter. They'd be de facto learning. Yes. That is the exact. answer that I'm getting. Oh, that was the goal.
So I was using the children and I have been using children as a gateway to adults. Yes. I thought if I could have parents think I've got to teach this to my children when I, in fact, know they don't know the subject matter. They'd be de facto learning. Yes. That is the exact. answer that I'm getting. Oh, that was the goal.
And that has been from the most successful people you could possibly imagine to people who are struggling every single day, where both sides have said, I've learned so much from this book.
And that has been from the most successful people you could possibly imagine to people who are struggling every single day, where both sides have said, I've learned so much from this book.
And that has been from the most successful people you could possibly imagine to people who are struggling every single day, where both sides have said, I've learned so much from this book.
So let me start off with the fact, and this is one of the ways I anchored the book, no matter where you live, an African village or Chicago, you have to deal with money no matter who you are. It is fundamental. It's like oxygen. It is something that is fundamental around the world. So I just want to start with that piece as that was part of the inspiration for this.
So let me start off with the fact, and this is one of the ways I anchored the book, no matter where you live, an African village or Chicago, you have to deal with money no matter who you are. It is fundamental. It's like oxygen. It is something that is fundamental around the world. So I just want to start with that piece as that was part of the inspiration for this.
So let me start off with the fact, and this is one of the ways I anchored the book, no matter where you live, an African village or Chicago, you have to deal with money no matter who you are. It is fundamental. It's like oxygen. It is something that is fundamental around the world. So I just want to start with that piece as that was part of the inspiration for this.
It's not an issue of a developed country or an emerging market. It's the whole world. Every person, every family has to deal with money in some way every single day. That's number one. Where I was rooted in this story and where this became my calling was how I grew up and how money affected my life and created, quite frankly, a great deal of trauma for me.
It's not an issue of a developed country or an emerging market. It's the whole world. Every person, every family has to deal with money in some way every single day. That's number one. Where I was rooted in this story and where this became my calling was how I grew up and how money affected my life and created, quite frankly, a great deal of trauma for me.
It's not an issue of a developed country or an emerging market. It's the whole world. Every person, every family has to deal with money in some way every single day. That's number one. Where I was rooted in this story and where this became my calling was how I grew up and how money affected my life and created, quite frankly, a great deal of trauma for me.