John Lanza

Money-Smart Monday with John Lanza Hello, friends, Today I get to share a wide-ranging conversation I’ve been hoping to have since finishing The Simple Path to Wealth. For my 80th podcast, I interviewed the “Godfather of Financial Independence,” JL Collins, and his daughter, Jess, who inspired his writing. What is “The Simple Path to Wealth”? I hope you’ll listen to the full episode. But if you do just one thing, please watch JL and Jess explain how simple “The Simple Path” really is. It’s…

Money is not complicated

Money-Smart Monday with John Lanza Hello, friends, Welcome to this week’s Money-Smart Monday missives. Age is your asset The irrepressible Jon Acuff is featured in this multi-faceted gem of a clip on our YouTube channel. And while Jon is talking about young folks leveraging their age to find potential mentors and broader business community support, his short pairs nicely with the following timeless money insight. (The bolded emphasis below is mine.) “His skill is investing, but his secret is…

Money-Smart Monday with John Lanza Hello, friends, Welcome to June. (Really? It’s June already?) On the financial illiteracy epidemic Courtney Fulmer is a partner and credit union leader (CEO of SECNY Federal Credit Union) working to remedy America’s “financial illiteracy epidemic.” Test scores sometimes paint a picture of improvement in this area, but the challenge goes far beyond data. As we discuss in this segment of our conversation on The Art of Allowance Podcast, progress involves…

Money-Smart Monday with John Lanza Hello, friends, I hope you had a nice weekend and you enjoy these Monday morsels of money-smart goodness. Money as gasoline Kevin Kelly is the author of Excellent Advice for Living, the co-founder of WIRED and an intellectual hero of mine. I was fortunate to have Kevin join me for a conversation on The Art of Allowance Podcast last year, and he shared an idea that stuck with me. We should think of money as gasoline, fuel we can douse on our kids’ interests…

Money-Smart Monday with John Lanza Hello, friends, I hope you join my course waitlist below. But before you do … Good advice for graduates We live in a world where answers are at our fingertips, so learning to ask good questions is an important skill. If you’re more of a word hound, read my post on “The Link.” Do your kids know their DIMS SCORE®? You’re probably asking, “What the heck is a DIMS SCORE®?” (DIMS stands for “Does It Make Sense.”) Try this useful tool to help your kids spend…

Money-Smart Monday with John Lanza Hello, friends! Launching our kids: Are they really ready? My daughter graduates from college in less than two months, and I’m feeling the urgency. Have my wife and I truly prepared her for real-world money decisions? To find out, I invited financial readiness expert Tony Steuer on The Art of Allowance Podcast. Tony created “The Get Ready Blueprint,” a step-by-step guide to help kids thrive financially on their own. Tune in to ensure your kids (And mine!)…

Money-Smart Monday with John Lanza Hello, friends, Thanks for joining me for another installment of Money-Smart Monday. A mistake to avoid Parents often give kids just enough money to avoid any mistakes. But Stacking Benjamins Podcast host Joe Saul-Sehy stresses the power of deliberately giving kids a little more money than they need—enough to let them make some honest mistakes. (Listen to this short clip.) In our conversation on The Art of Allowance Podcast, Joe shares how his parents’…