A self-made millionaire shares her recipe for success, happiness and financial freedom
Tina is an intellectually-gifted bartender who struggles to pay her bills. Tina serves martinis to Susan. Susan is no more intelligent than Tina, but Susan is a millionaire. If not intelligence, then what explains the difference between Susan’s wealth and Tina’s financial lack? And what do sticky, gooey marshmallows have to do with it? In [...]
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For some, buying with credit is akin to paying with funny-money. You want something, you pull out a plastic card and shazam, you own it. At least that’s what you think… But money, whether earned yesterday or tomorrow, is something we trade our life energy for. Do you want financial freedom? Then it’s necessary to [...]
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CNN honored me with an invitation to participate as a featured guest panelist at their Inspire Summit: Women’s Empowerment Conference held at the Turner – Time Warner building in Manhattan last week. The program was moderated by Kyra Phillips, anchor of “CNN Newsroom”, and opened with special guest Whoopi Goldberg. Eight women (including me) followed [...]
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Do you have a big but problem? You’ll never be successful, happy and wealthy if your but is too big. Here, let me show you why… “But I have so little to offer.” “But I’m too scared.” “But I don’t have anything worthy to offer.” “But everyone in my life keeps bursting my bubble.” “But [...]
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Known as “The Millionaire Mommy Next Door," Jen Smith went from earning minimum wage as a graveyard shift donut and coffee waitress to financial freedom as a self-made millionaire by age 40. Jen bootstrapped half a dozen small businesses while working from home in her pajamas. She learned how to invest in the stock market and in herself. Her story is more than a rags to riches story, it's a rags to a rich life story.
Now Jen is on a mission to inspire and empower others through financial education so they too can enjoy the life they want to live. Jen shares her recipe for success, happiness and financial freedom via writing, blogging, speaking and coaching. As part of her commitment to community, Jen pledges her blogging profits as 0% microloans through Kiva.org to small businesses operated by working, impoverished women in developing countries.
