Suze Orman at the Apollo: Women and Money, Part 1

Oprah's Super Soul

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4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In a live appearance for the relaunch of her New York Times number one best-selling book "Women & Money," financial expert Suze Orman inspires a sold-out audience at Harlem's historic Apollo Theater. Suze believes the time has never been more right for women to take control of their finances. In this two-part special, Suze will offer practical advice on how to financially protect yourself, spend your money more wisely and build a secure future. She stresses that money itself is not the end goal; it's the means to living a full and more meaningful life. Suze also opens up about her personal journey of growing up on Chicago's South Side, being a waitress until she was 30 and eventually becoming one of the country's most successful financial advisers. Get ready to take notes, because your path to financial freedom starts now!

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0:00.0	The information in this program is for your general knowledge and is not a substitute for financial or legal advice.
0:06.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast.
0:12.0	I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:21.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right now.
0:31.0	Apollo!
0:39.0	So, I have arrived at the pinnacle of my career. And I mean that everybody. You know, you have dreams.
0:54.0	You have dreams, maybe you'll win an Emmy, maybe you'll have a number one New York Times bestseller, maybe you'll do this and that all that I've done.
1:03.0	But I've had one really, really big dream. And that is to stand on the Apollo stage and talk money to all of you.
1:18.0	Now, here's what I find fascinating about all of you. It is 15 minutes late from the start time.
1:27.0	And I've been standing over there for 15 minutes. And all of you are some of you were out there drinking.
1:40.0	And you did want to stop drinking before you came in here.
1:47.0	And you know what I was told? I was told you were scared. The topic was about money.
1:53.0	You had to be drunk to sit in an audience for a Suzy Orman.
2:00.0	Listen, I love talking to women, an entire audience of women and the men smart enough to come as well.
2:11.0	Yeah, you have to think about it. It takes courage as a man to come to a show called Women and Money.
2:24.0	Say I got to give them credit. But I love talking to women more about money than anything else.
2:34.0	And here's the reason why. The future is female.
2:46.0	And this is the year. This is the year that all of you need to have a financial voice.
2:56.0	I understand very well what's been happening with the Me Too and the Times Up movement. And I just want to talk about that for just a second here.
3:07.0	I want us all to think about why as women, why would we and every one of us has experienced this?
3:16.0	Why would we put ourselves in a situation that wasn't respectful to ourselves? Why would we say yes? Okay. When we're thinking no.
3:28.0	I don't want to do this. I don't like you. You're ugly. Whatever it is. But when you think about what nevermind, I won't go there.
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