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Young and Profiting with Hala Taha  (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)

Farnoosh Torabi: A Healthy State of Panic, Harness Your Fears to Build Wealth and Crush Your Goals | Finance E261

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)

YAP Media Network

Education, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business, Self-improvement

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

At the age of 22, Farnoosh Torabi was already over $30,000 in debt, making $18 an hour and trying to live in New York City on a diet of canned tuna and $5 Footlong Subway sandwiches. After being laid off from her job, she started to work for herself full-time and resolved to climb out of debt and make it in one of the most expensive cities in the world. Along the way, she learned some tough lessons about how fears can drain us and inhibit our success. In today’s episode, Farnoosh will share some invaluable tips on how to overcome your fears and ensure that your financial plan sets you up for success. Farnoosh Torabi is one of America’s leading personal finance authorities and has become one of the country’s favorite go-to money experts. She is a bestselling author, former CNBC host, and creator of the Webby-nominated podcast So Money.   In this episode, Hala and Farnoosh will discuss: - How fear is an opportunity - Making ends meet as a young person in New York - How to recover from being laid off - Embarrassing herself on the Today Show - Being your own version of excellent - Why Americans are anxious about money - Making friends with fear - How to handle rejection - Pursuing money within your values - Advice for female breadwinners - How to calculate and delegate - And other topics…   Farnoosh Torabi is one of America’s leading personal finance authorities and has become one of the country’s favorite go-to money experts. She is a bestselling author, former CNBC host, and creator of the Webby-nominated podcast So Money. Her latest book, A Healthy State of Panic, demonstrates how leaning into your fear can actually become your greatest superpower.   Resources Mentioned: Farnoosh’s Website: https://farnoosh.tv/ Farnoosh’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farnooshtorabi/ Farnoosh’s Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Farnoosh Farnoosh’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farnooshtorabi/ Farnoosh’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FarnooshTorabi/ Farnoosh’s Podcast, So Money: https://podcast.farnoosh.tv/ Farnoosh’s new book, A Healthy State of Panic: Follow Your Fears to Build Wealth, Crush Your Career and Win at Life (2023): https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-State-Panic-Follow-Wealth/dp/1982199199/    LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast’ for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course.   Sponsored By: Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at youngandprofiting.co/shopify RobinHood - Visit robinhood.com/PROFITING to claim an unlimited 1% bonus on your assets CoPilot - Head to go.mycopilot.com/PROFITING to get a 14-day FREE trial AND 20% off your first month of personalized fitness with your own personal trainer if you sign up before February 1st, 2024! Rakuten - Start shopping at rakuten.com MasterClass - Right now you can get Two Memberships for the Price of One at youngandprofiting.co/masterclass HelloFresh - Go to HelloFresh.com/profitingfree and use code profitingfree for FREE breakfast for life! Help Save Palestinian Lives:  Donate money for eSIM cards for the people of Gaza at https://youngandprofiting.co/DonateWHala   More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com  Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review -  ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting   Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala   Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/

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Isn't money terrifying? If someone's afraid of asking for more money or switching jobs or

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starting a business or having a conversation about money with a partner, they're scared.

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The moment that I'm realizing that staying in my lane and just doing the job that someone

1:42.0

tells me to do, that is never going to be a recipe for true

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