So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Today's guest is a New York Times bestselling author. Chris Guillebeau has written "The Happiness of Pursuit," "The $100 Startup" and now "Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do", which is out today. In his latest book, Chris talks about the intersection of joy, money and flow, which he thinks are all key to help you mind the work that perfectly suits your unique interests, skills and experiences. We'll talk about this. More about Chris Guillebeau... he has spent his lifetime self-employed so he knows a thing about being an entrepreneur. His real passion is traveling. He has visited every country in the world (yes, 193 in total) before his 35th birthday. He also hosts a yearly summit every summer in Portland, Oregon called the World Domination Summit where creative people come together to attend keynotes, attendee-led meet-ups, workshops, a city-wide scavenger hunt and even a Guinness World Record attempt. So, if you're planning on being in Portland, OR in August you might want to check it out. In our interview, Chris talks about how his new book is really meant to help people win the career lottery. But what does he actually mean by that? That term actually makes me nervous because when I think of career lottery, you have no control over your career path and I would hate to believe that. Plus, did you know that Chris has been to Iran? He kind of puts me to shame because I’m Iranian and I’ve only been there once and was way too young to remember. So, he tells me a little bit about that experience. Also, what's his $10 rule? And what is a $10 rule? Of course, we talk about money, too. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is a financial therapist and expert when it comes to financial wellness. Amanda Clayman is a clinician specializing in financial issues and helps people bring money into balance. Now, Amanda wasn't always good with money. At one point in her life she found herself in $20,000 worth of credit card debt and was able to change her relationship with money. She is also the founder of the Financial Wellness Program for national arts non-profit The Actors Fund. Here she pioneered a cognitive-behavioral approach to financial education. Amanda also runs seminars and groups for corporations as well as authored several online courses for the learning company, Lynda.com. With Amanda, we learn what is good financial hygiene? She also talks about her $19,000 haircut that served as the turning point in her financial life. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh, special guest, Dr. Brad Klontz joins me. He is an award-winning financial psychologist and a certified financial planner. Dr. Klontz is also a Partner of Occidental Asset Management, LLC, a fee-only investment advisory firm in Northern California. He and I actually collaborated on the survey for my book When She Makes More. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post, among others.Brad and I are teaming up again. This time, he is working with Chase to help us learn more about fraud and share ways to help prevent fraudulent activity. I, too, am working with Chase’s fraud campaign as a financial education partner. To learn more visit www.chase.com/fraud-security.In this episode, Dr. Brad Klontz and I answer your biggest questions about keeping your finances secure from fraud, best ways to prevent credit card fraud, deciding between college vs. community college and more.If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Brad Klontz, check out his one-on-one So Money interview with me and check out his website or www.yourmentalwealth.com follow him on Twitter @mental_wealth.Also, if you have the time I would love for you to fill out a quick survey to learn more about you. Just go to www.mylistenerstudy.com. By participating you're automatically entered to win a Google Chromecast.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is a lifestyle entrepreneur, blogger, podcaster, online marketer and personal branding strategist. Navid Moazzez has made quite the name for himself in the online business world as a leading authority on helping entrepreneurs create, promote and profit from virtual summits in order to increase their brand presence and business. Navid has experienced firsthand how an "epic" virtual summit can lead to your business' success after he held his own in 2014 called The Branding Summit. After that, Navid was then able to quit his job and live abroad while making even more impact in other peoples’ lives around the world. He has been featured in Business Insider, Entrepreneur, The Huffington Post, EoFire, I Will Teach You To Be Rich and many more. In our interview we talk about what is a 'lifestyle entrepreneur?' I’m very curious because I’ve now met several very successful people who carry that title and I’m intrigued. But, he also wears many other hats. We also talk about the inner workings of a virtual summit. How can this propel your online business? Navid grew up in Sweden and he had an Iranian father, so what did those cultural influences teach him about money? Navid also shares something with me that he rarely opens up about with others. It's a family tragedy and the discusses the impact that it had on his personal and professional pursuits.  For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is recognized as one of the world's most influential management thinkers in 2015 and was a finalist for the Top thinkers on Talent at the biennial Thinkers50 ceremony in London. Whitney Johnson is best known for her work on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption. Formerly, she was an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst for 8 years at Merrill Lynch and is the former president and co-founder of a boutique investment firm with Harvard Business School's Clayton Christensen. Whitney is the author of the critically-acclaimed book, "Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work." It was named by Inc. Magazine as a Top 100 Business Book in 2015. Whitney is also a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, a LinkedInfluencer and co-founder of Forty Women over 40 to Watch. She has a very impressive background as an investor working at Merrill Lynch picking stocks. I ask her about her strategy, now that she advocates for the average investor. It might surprise you. Plus, the sad but important financial lesson that she learned as a child and what it taught her later as an adult. Whitney also shares her biggest financial failure, involving a business and a friend. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So Money has surpassed 2 million downloads!  And to spread the good news, I'm heading to Instagram. Want to join me? In exchange, I'm giving away 10 gift cards to Amazon worth $100 each! Here's how to enter to win: Between now and Friday, head over to Instagram and upload a picture of yourself listening to So Money. Post as often as you want! Share what you love about the show or how it's helped you with your finances, career, life, etc. Please include the hashtag #SoMoney2million in your post. This is important to do, so I can find you! On Friday at noon eastern time, I will announce the 10 fans on Instagram who will receive $100 Amazon gift cards for their amazing support! Remember, you can post as often as you like! Just remember to use #SoMoney2million in your post. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is an accomplished corporate executive, acclaimed speaker and CEO adviser. Mindy Mackenzie has quite the resume. She served as the Chief Performance Officer of Beam, Inc., where she earned the nickname the "Velvet Hammer" during her time there. She was revered by her colleagues for telling the truth amongst the executive team while using a combination of honesty and empathy to lead her team. Before that she spent five years at Campbell Soup Co., nine years at Wal-Mart advancing through various Senior Leadership HR and Organizational Development roles. All of this has given Mindy the expertise to advise CEO's, so she started her own company to do so, MM Enterprises, Inc. She's helping CEO's and C-suite level executives increase both their personal fulfillment and professional impact.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is the creator of the Booked and Paid To Speak training program so if you're looking to make a living out of speaking engagements today's episode is for you. He's also a nationally known keynote speaker and author. Grant Baldwin is joining us today. Grant is a fellow podcaster, hosting the show "How Did You Get Into That?" which has over 30,000 listeners every month and has been the #1 ranked Careers show on iTunes. As a speaker, Grant has given hundreds of presentations and has spoken to over 400,000 people in 45 different states through leadership conferences, conventions and other events. He also has a book and curriculum entitled "Reality Check" which is taught in over 400 schools around the country.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh I answer your biggest questions about filing your taxes on your own vs. hiring a tax professional to handle your return, real estate investment opportunities, signing up for your company's 401k and more.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is a vegan celebrity chef and wellness expert. Jason Wrobel is coming out with a new cookbook this April entitled, "Eaternity: More than 150 Deliciously Easy Vegan Recipes for a Long Healthy, Satisfied, Joyful Life." He users powerful everyday superfood ingredients to create culinary masterpieces that attract a celebrity following from the likes of Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Piven, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi and Russell Simmons, among many others.A little bit more about Jason, he graduated from the Living Light Culinary Institute and earned a certification as a Raw Food Chef and Instructor. He went on to apprentice with some of the industry's finest and most revered talents in New York City, Detroit and Los Angeles. His career highlights include winning the inaugural World' best Raw Ice Cream competition in LA and being the first vegan chef ever to present live at the prestigious Pebble Beach Food & Wine festival. Jason is also the host of the popular YouTube channel The J-Wro Show where he showcases healthy recipes and lifestyle transformation tips and his TV series on the Cooking Channel How to Live to 100 is the first primetime vegan cooking series in TV history.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.