3335: A Recipe for Financial Success: It’s as Easy as Pumpkin Pie by Kathleen Coxwell of New Retirement

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3335: Kathleen Coxwell uses the humble pumpkin pie as a brilliant metaphor to demystify financial planning, showing that lasting financial success doesn't require complexity, just the right ingredients and thoughtful preparation. With relatable analogies and practical tips, she emphasizes budgeting, investing, managing debt, and aligning money with your values to create a future that’s both secure and meaningful. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.newretirement.com/retirement/recipe-for-financial-success/ Quotes to ponder: "Your financial goals don’t have to look like anyone else’s, the important part is having a goal and a goal that makes you happy." "Money can buy happiness, especially when you spend to accomplish what is important to you." "For financial success, you will want to have back up plans in place for the things that are likely to go wrong." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.3	This is Optimal Finance Daily. A recipe for financial success is as easy as pumpkin pie by Kathleen
1:08.4	Coxwell of New Retirement.com.
1:11.9	While it can be, financial success doesn't have to be the equivalent of a fancy French pastry.
1:18.1	Millions in savings, lavish spending, complicated investment schemes, and expensive guidance.
1:24.4	The key to financial peace of mind is really more akin to a simple and humble, but
1:29.5	entirely satisfying recipe for pumpkin pie. You just need a few key ingredients treated with some
1:35.8	degree of care. A recipe and tips for financial success. Know what you're trying to cook.
1:47.0	Have you ever tried cooking a recipe that you've never tasted or even seen a photo of before? It's very hard. It's infinitely more difficult to create something
1:53.6	when you don't really know what that something actually is. Financial planning is no different.
1:59.4	You need to envision the future that you want to live.
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