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Financial Freedom: Moving From ‘Have To’ to ‘Want To’!

August 25, 2011

Up until now, the majority of children in this country, and perhaps the world, have been raised with the belief that the way they will be financially successful in life is by getting a good education which will then (hopefully) lead to getting a good job where they can then save and invest enough of [...]

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Anatomy of a Financial Summer Camp

August 11, 2011

Every Camp Millionaire we hold has the same group of kids in it. We have marveled about this for years. We chuckle about it during and after camp as we notice how, over and over again, the same personalities show up. Since we just had one of our weekend Camp Millionaire programs two weeks ago, [...]

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Camp Millionaire and The Money Game on Fox Business News!

July 19, 2011

Hi all, Well, last friday, the 15th of July, was fun here at Creative Wealth in the morning. I got a call from Megan at Fox Business News about the interview I ‘thought’ we were doing on the phone or something (what was I thinking). She said something about coming to get me in a [...]

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Turn Fundraisers Into Powerful Entrepreneur Lessons for Kids

October 2, 2010

Every fall, it seems that droves of youngsters are sent out on the street to peddle chocolate bars, magazines or coffee subscriptions to raise money for their schools. Kids usually despise having to sell piddlyjunk* but as a parent or business owner, you can quickly and easily turn those anxiety-filled sales experiences into valuable entrepreneur [...]

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Dream Your Life Into Being with Dream Boards for the Whole Family!

July 13, 2010

Have you ever had a dream, thought about it for hours on end, thought about it from every angle, contemplated every detail, even knowing what it would feel like when the dream came true? If you have, you understand the powerful process of manifestation. If you haven’t, you’re in for a big treat because I’m [...]

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Teaching Financial Literacy Teachers

July 10, 2010

I have been holed up since Tuesday of this week (7/6/10) teaching a new group of trainers how to use accelerated learning to make financial education programs like Camp Millionaire more effective and so much more fun for the participants. Though I haven’t had much time to do anything but teach and sleep, I always [...]

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Financial Education: Right or Privilege?

May 27, 2010

Financial Education: Fact or Fiction In 2001, a young woman started questioning her lack of financial education as she looked around and saw so many WITH money but even more WITHOUT. She didn’t understand how she’d gotten mostly A’s in high school and college, knew how to grow freezers and pantries full of food, take [...]

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Why Our Financial Literacy Movement is Stuck!

May 12, 2010

Note from Elisabeth…I did NOT write this but easily could have. I have stubbed my toe (and brain) since 2002 on this path down financial literacy hell and I use that word because it the fact that we don’t teach it to kids and teens in schools ignites a passion in me hotter and brighter [...]

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The Four Keys to Great Money Conversations with Your Children

March 4, 2010

All across the world, in media ranging from internet articles to news shows, people are asking the question, “What do I say to my kids about the economy?” To answer this question, we need to understand why adults are generally uncomfortable talking about money to their children in the first place. It all started when [...]

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Why Financial Literacy Doesn’t Work (and how to fix this)

February 1, 2010

Financial literacy does work, if you do it right. Problem is…most financial literacy curriculums and programs are boring and irrelevant.

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