Mellody Hobson on Breaking Free from Financial Anxiety and Teaching Kids About Money

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Is your money mindset holding you back from achieving your dreams? In this special episode of Hello Monday, Jessi Hempel sits down with Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments and one of the most influential leaders in finance, recognized by TIME and Fortune for her impact on business and leadership. Together, they explore how beliefs about money—formed early in life—can influence your financial future, and how to develop healthy money habits for long-term success. Mellody shares insights from her new children's book, Priceless Facts About Money, offering practical tips for teaching kids financial literacy and setting them up for a brighter future. You’ll learn how to break free from financial anxiety, understand the true value of money, and separate your self-worth from your bank account. This unique episode was filmed live in-studio. For an unfiltered, behind-the-scenes experience, check out the extended video version on LinkedIn Premium. Tune in to learn how to master money mindsets and empower yourself—and the next generation—to achieve financial freedom. Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter to get episodes and insights delivered straight to your inbox every Monday! More financial resources from Mellody Hobson: Mellody Hobson for Barron’s: I Learned These Money Lessons Early. What Every Parent—and Kid—Needs to Know A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel Buffet: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein

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0:00.0	LinkedIn News.
0:05.0	from the news.
0:06.0	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hemphill and this is Hello Monday. We have a little something different for this week. I'm really excited about it.
0:25.6	Our guest, Melody Hobson, she's one of the most important people in business, and
0:31.5	together we're going to dig into money and mindsets.
0:35.0	Both how Melody developed such a proactive mindset from her earliest childhood onward,
0:40.0	but more specifically about our own perspective on finances and how we impart that
0:46.1	perspective to our children. But listen, this is where things get really cool.
0:51.1	Melody came into the studio to record this episode and we have made it into a video show.
0:57.0	So today, in addition to what you normally hear, you're going to get a taste of what it actually
1:01.5	felt like to sit at our table. And in fact, if you're going to get a taste of what it actually felt like to sit at our table.
1:03.4	And in fact, if you're a LinkedIn premium member, you can watch this episode
1:07.8	including a few things that don't make it into the audio.
1:11.6	Just drop us a line at hello Monday at linkedin.com
1:15.5	and we'll make sure you know where to find it. For me what this meant was trying a lot of
1:21.5	new things like using a teleprompter and navigating questions from an audience in the studio.
1:28.1	I'm just going to say you're going to hear my nerves. I hope you'll stick around. The LinkedIn Podcast Podcast Network is sponsored by SAP.
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