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The Jesse Mecham Show

To Those Who Feel A Bit Behind

The Jesse Mecham Show

YNAB

Kids & Family, Education

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

It's not too late! The first rule of YNAB's Four Rules is "give every dollar a job," and you can implement it right now. Take a look at your bank account balance, and think to yourself: what does this money need to do for me right now? What does it need to do for me in the future? Now you have started thinking about your future self, and being proactive. This simple step can change your life!

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, Wine Abbers. My name is Jesse Meekam with another episode of the Wine Ab podcast,

0:08.6

and I am here each week to obsess out loud about spending purposely, saving aspirationally, and giving

0:13.7

joyfully. It all comes down to just four simple rules. I want to talk today to those people

0:19.4

that feel maybe a little bit behind. Maybe you've

0:21.7

gotten started late. Maybe you haven't started yet with this little thing we call money. And

0:28.1

you're starting to feel like, well, you've fallen too far behind. It's too late to catch up.

0:34.7

So why even try? Well, I'm here to tell you just this.

0:39.8

There's no room, no room for thinking like that.

0:43.2

You can start now today.

0:44.8

It's actually not terribly hard.

0:46.8

You just need to begin working Wynab's four rules.

0:50.1

That's really all there is to it.

0:51.6

So don't get caught thinking, oh, if I would have only heard about these four rules 10 years ago,

0:56.9

then things would have been wildly different.

0:58.9

Well, they would have been different.

1:00.2

But also, if you would have won the lottery 10 years ago, things would be different.

1:06.3

Heck, just six years ago, if you would have won the lottery, things would be different.

1:10.1

We can't, we just can't live your life saying, well, what if, what if?

1:15.1

We are here today, literally, today.

1:17.6

And it's your job and your only job to look forward.

1:21.8

Just you got to lean forward.

1:24.5

So let me tell you exactly what I mean.

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