Financial Advisor Warns: 7 Money Lies You Still Believe (That's Keeping You Broke)
The Table with Anthony ONeal
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Your parents didn't lie to you on purpose. But what they taught you about money? It's keeping your family broke.
67% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck in 2025 — not because they're lazy, but because they're running the wrong playbook. In this video, I'm breaking down the 7 biggest money lies passed down at the dinner table, in the church pew, and at graduation — and giving you the truth that replaces each one.
Stay until Lie #7. Nobody in the church is talking about it. And it might be the most dangerous lie of all.
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| 0:00.0 | Your parents didn't lie to you on purpose. |
| 0:03.5 | But what they taught all of us about money, I firmly do believe this older generation is the reason why it's keeping some of us broke. |
| 0:13.3 | And in today's episode, I'm going to try to prove it with numbers, not with opinion. |
| 0:19.6 | Because 67% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck |
| 0:24.1 | as of 2025. The numbers have not been updated for 2026 yet. So this means that most people are one |
| 0:31.3 | emergency away from a financial disaster. This is going to be one car repair, one late paycheck, and it all comes crashing |
| 0:40.3 | down if we miss it. And here's the thing that nobody, I believe nobody really wants to say out |
| 0:46.1 | loud that people are honestly working hard. And if I'm going to be real today on today's episode, |
| 0:52.9 | I'm probably going to offend some people, but this is real. |
| 0:56.2 | I believe all people are working hard. |
| 0:57.8 | But my people, black people, minority people, I believe we're some of the hardest working people. |
| 1:02.9 | We're working two jobs, three jobs, side hustles, being a mama full time, being a spouse full time, and we're still broke on the 15th. |
| 1:11.5 | That's not a work ethic problem. |
| 1:14.1 | That is honestly a strategy and a playbook problem. |
| 1:18.1 | And today I'm going to be breaking down the seven biggest money lives that has been |
| 1:22.7 | passed down from generations to generations from the dinner table in the church pew at graduation, |
| 1:29.3 | in conversations with grandma, grandpa. |
| 1:31.6 | And I'm going to give you the truth that replaces each one, the truth that set me free. |
| 1:36.8 | Because I need you to stay until lie number seven. |
| 1:39.6 | Because that one, nobody in the church is talking about it. |
| 2:08.7 | Nobody. And it might be the most dangerous lie of them all. I'm going to get straight into it because I'm excited about today's show. I've been praying about this one. I was like, man, God, I don't want to offend my parents. I don't want to offend nobody's parents, nobody's families and his loved ones. But I got to address it so my people can be better. Here's lie number one. Work hard. Keep your head down. Stay loyal to your job. |
| 2:17.0 | Stay loyal to a man or a woman who really don't care about you. And everything will work out, son. |
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