From Corporate Muzzle to Invested Development | Amanda Holden The Dumpster Doggy

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Jonathan Mendonsa & Brad Barrett | Choose FI Media, Inc

Business, Investing, Careers

4.8 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Tending bar while building a personal finance empire might sound backwards—until you realize the woman doing both brought the same scrappy energy that earned her the nickname "Dumpster Dog" in corporate finance. Amanda Holden's journey from the buttoned-up world of finance to empowering women through humor-laced investing education reveals why financial literacy doesn't need to feel like homework. [00:01:52] Introduction to Amanda Holden Founder of Invested Development and the Dumpster Dog Blog Unique perspective on making finance fun and relatable [00:02:58] The Story Behind Dumpster Dog Origin of her blog's name, rooted in her scrappy approach to saving while working in corporate finance [00:12:03] Making Finance Fun and Relatable The importance of humor in presenting financial education Uses relatable metaphors to explain complex financial concepts [00:13:24] Starting a Side Hustle Begin entrepreneurial journeys as side projects How she engaged with sororities to teach about investing [00:23:01] The Importance of a Shame-Free Approach Need for a judgment-free mindset in financial discussions Creating constructive conversations about finances without shame Key Quotes: [00:21:11] "Jargon in investing turns people off; let's keep it simple." [00:32:05] "Investing is within everyone's reach!" [00:32:43] "You don't need to be a day trader to succeed in investing." [00:09:17] "Perfection is not necessary; mistakes are part of the journey." Terminology: Dumpster Dog [00:05:29]: A nickname Amanda embraced, reflecting her scrappy approach to saving money while working in corporate finance Caboodles [00:21:51]: Colorful organizers used as an analogy to explain investment vehicles like 401ks Action Items: [00:17:46] Reach out to local organizations to offer financial workshops [00:25:59] Start a budget and automate your savings Related Resources: Invested Development Course

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0:00.0	For me, the laughter and the metaphor and thinking of new ways to educate is what I lead with and
0:06.8	the investing material is almost secondary. Like every time I give a talk I'm thinking,
0:11.6	how can I add another joke into this? Because the material already exists out there. Like obviously
0:16.3	you could cobble together an education via random articles on investing on the internet if you wanted
0:22.4	to. But so my whole thing is how can we present this in a new way that'll actually stick? And so it's
0:27.6	kind of just that is just shenanigans and I think being real with people and also showing a bit
0:33.6	of who I am and always serving and trying to get in for me just try try to democratize the information
0:40.2	really. All right everyone today we're speaking with Amanda Holden speaker writer women and money,
0:44.9	the founder of invested development and also the dumpster dog blog. These two we got this corporate
0:50.3	look in this very organic loyal following and she is she's a rare type of speaker in the personal
0:56.7	finance space. There's not very many other people out there doing what she's doing the way she's
1:01.0	doing it. I think this conversation is going to be phenomenal. Welcome to choose a five.
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1:42.0	All right everyone super excited to hop into it today speaking with Amanda Holden the founder
1:56.4	of invested development and the dumpster dog blog and I think this episode is going to be so much
2:00.9	fun. Amanda her stage craft her approach to teaching personal finance democratizing information
2:06.6	is just really rare and fun to see and it connects to people in a way that this needs to exist
2:12.3	what she's doing needs to happen. So very excited about this episode and to help me with this I have
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