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Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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3699: Great Financial Lessons My Dad Taught Me: Money Doesn't Have To Make Your Life Miserable by Michelle Schroeder-Gardner on Money Mindset

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice · Sep 13, 2026 · 9:34

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Episode 3699:
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner shares the financial lessons her late father taught her, from budgeting through repeated layoffs to using credit deliberately rather than avoiding it. She describes a man who was not wealthy but who managed his money so well that he traveled to more than fifty countries on an ordinary income. The lesson she carries is that money management is what buys freedom, not what takes it away.
Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2017/04/great-financial-lessons.html
Quotes to ponder:
"If you are thinking my dad was rich, he wasn't. Instead, he worked with his budget and always made sure to fit exciting trips in because that is what he believed in."
"I think the most important money lesson I learned from my father is that money doesn't have to control you."
"Too many people believe that they can't lead a good life on a budget. That is not true at all."
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