"The Payoff is Huge": Jonathan Clements’ Final Initiative to Empower Lifelong Savers - 532
Your Money, Your Wealth
Your Money, Your Wealth
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🗓️ 3 June 2025
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Summary
Imagine being told you only have 12 months to live. What would you do with your time? Today on Your Money, Your Wealth podcast number 532, Big Al Clopine, CPA and Executive Producer Andi Last are thrilled to welcome Jonathan Clements back for his fourth appearance. For thirty years, Jonathan has been known for his personal finance writing: in his column “Getting Going,” which appeared in the Wall Street Journal over 1,000 times starting in 1994, on his website HumbleDollar.com, and in his many acclaimed books. About a year ago, Jonathan Clements was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer and was told he had about a year to live. Today we’re celebrating the fact that he is still here with us, and we’re inspired by his decision to use his precious time to launch The Jonathan Clements Getting Going on Savings Initiative. Watch or listen to find out how you can get a free Kindle copy of Jonathan’s new book, and how you can help Jonathan pay it forward for the next generation.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro: This Week on the YMYW Podcast
02:53 - Jonathan Clements' Getting Going on Savings Initiative
05:23 - $1,000 Roth IRA Contributions and Personal Finance Education for Young Adults
07:55 - Exponential Growth: The Sooner You Save, The Better
09:44 - Research Study Will Measure Impact on Young Savers
11:56 - Financial Education is Important
14:05 - The John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy
14:38 - The First 100 People to Email Us Receive a Free Copy of The Best of Jonathan Clements: Classic Columns on Money and Life
15:45 - How Does a Healthy 62-Year-Old Non-Smoker End Up Living With Stage IV Lung Cancer? The EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutation
18:52 - HumbleDollar.com, The Jonathan Clements Getting Going on Savings Initiative, and The Best of Jonathan Clements Book
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine being told you only have 12 months to live. |
| 0:04.0 | What would you do with your time? |
| 0:06.0 | Today on Your Money, Your Wealth Podcast number 532, |
| 0:09.0 | we are thrilled to welcome our friend Jonathan Clements back for his fourth appearance. |
| 0:13.0 | For 30 years, Jonathan has been known for his personal finance writing. |
| 0:17.0 | In his column Getting Going, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal over 1,000 times, |
| 0:22.5 | starting in 1994, on his website, Humbolddollar.com, and in his many acclaimed books. |
| 0:28.7 | About a year ago, Jonathan Clemix was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer and told he only |
| 0:33.8 | had about a year to live. Today, we're celebrating the fact that he is still here with us, |
| 0:38.9 | and we're inspired by his decision to use his precious time to launch the Jonathan Clements |
| 0:43.8 | getting going on savings initiative. Stay with us to find out how you can get a free Kindle |
| 0:48.4 | copy of Jonathan's new book and how you can help Jonathan pay it forward for the next generation. |
| 0:53.8 | Jonathan Clements, we are so grateful to you for spending some of your precious time with us today. |
| 0:58.0 | How are you feeling? |
| 0:59.0 | I'm feeling okay. |
| 1:01.0 | You know, as you mentioned, I'm 12 months into this cancer diagnosis. |
| 1:06.0 | You know, I did make the year, and I think I got a little bit more time left in me, but you know, |
| 1:12.1 | 12 months of chemotherapy and 12 months of recurring cancer growth does take its toll. |
| 1:18.7 | My back is pretty short. |
| 1:20.2 | I've had to have it shored up with something called bone cement. |
| 1:25.0 | I've also had multiple radiation treatments not only on my spine, but also on my |
| 1:29.9 | brain. I go for chemo every three weeks. I'm about to try a new treatment plan because my |
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