261: Your Step By Step Guide To Stacking Your Benjamins! With Emily Guy Birken

On today's podcast episode, Emily Guy Birken shares key tips to help us start stacking our Benjamins and building real wealth! Emily is a former educator, lifelong money nerd, and a Plutus Award-winning freelance writer who specializes in the scientific research behind irrational money behaviors. Her background in education allows her to make complex financial topics relatable and easily understood by the layperson. Her work has appeared in The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Kiplinger's, MSN Money, and The Washington Post online. She is the author of several books, including The 5 Years Before You Retire, End Financial Stress Now, and the brand new book Stacked: Your Super Serious Guide to Modern Money Management, written with Joe Saul-Sehy. Emily lives in Milwaukee with her family. WHAT EMILY DISCUSSED: - The concept of stacking your Benjamins​ and the first Benjamin you need to start stacking​!​ - How she met her 'Stacked' co-author Joe Saul-Sehy and why they chose a fun approach to financial management as the context for their book. - How to think differently about money especially when you've made mistakes in the past. - How to leverage a money dashboard to help you achieve your financial goals AND MUCH MORE HOW TO KEEP UP WITH EMILY: - Get the book "Stacked: Your super serious guide to modern money management": https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/stacked/ - Via her website: https://www.youronegoodthing.com/ - On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyguybirken/ - On Twitter: @emilyguybirken - On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorEmilyGuyBirken/ - On Instagram: https://instagram.com/emilyguybirken AND https://instagram.com/youronegoodthing ❤ Get the best-selling Clever Girl Finance Books: https://clevergirlfinance.com/books ❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/ ❤ Read the Clever Girl Finance Blog: https://clevergirlfinance.com/blog ❤ Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/clevergirlfinance