Welcome to this episode of The Clark Hour Show where our mission is to serve you and empower

you to make better financial decisions in your life.

I am not Clark Howard, this is Krista, Clark's producer, and for the second day, Clark

has no voice and is not able to come in.

He should be back tomorrow for sure.

He's definitely on the mend.

No need to worry about him.

So once again, we have decided to pull together some of our greatest hits.

And what better greatest hit is there than the story of how Clark Howard became who he

is today.

So we're replaying that and then something that I think could be very useful in your

life, finding money that may be out there for you that you don't know about.

Clark will tell you how to go on your own treasure hunt and hopefully put a little cash

back in your pocket or the pocket of a relative.

But without further ado, here is Clark telling you about his background.

Why do I get embarrassed talking about my story?

I've always been told to be quiet about yourself and your accomplishments to walk humbly.

And at the same time, Krista has always said, it's important that you share your story

regularly with people because it is unusual.

And there are things in it that people can learn from.

And so I'm going to give you the short version of it.

What Krista has been after me to write a book about for autobiography for, I don't know,

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