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Financial Fitness
February 21, 2018 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Featuring Jean Chatzky
Financial Editor for NBC’s Today Show
When: Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Time: Registration begins at 11:30am followed by the program from 12:00pm – 1:00pm (lunch will be served) and then networking from 1:00pm – 1:30pm.
Venue: Amegy Bank – 1717 West Loop South Houston, TX 77027
Parking: Park in the parking garage attached to the Amegy Tower. Get on the elevator in the garage and take it to the 9th floor. Registration will be right next to the elevator lobby.
Who: WISE Members & Guests. The Guest Fee is $40 which may be applied to a new member registration.
What: Financial Fitness is one of four WISE Signature Events. With a growing number of women owned businesses and the rising number of women in business leadership roles, the Financial Fitness program is designed to provide members with the resources and tools for better fiscal management, both personally and professionally. If you understand what you make, save and spend, you will have the basis for making good financial decisions. In 2016, we addressed the topics of salary negotiation, wage disparity, and retirement planning at all career stages and this year are excited to welcome a nationally recognized leader in personal financial management.
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Jean Sherman Chatzky is an American financial journalist, author and motivational speaker. Chatzky has given personal financial advice on various TV shows and is the financial editor for NBC’s Today Show. Besides being an award-winning personal finance journalist and bestselling author, she is also AARP’s personal finance ambassador and host of the podcast HerMoney with Jean Chatzky on iTunes. Her newest book, AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip, which she wrote with Dr. Michael Roizen, was recently released. In 2015, Jean teamed up with Time for Kids and The PwC Charitable Foundation to launch Your $, a financial literacy magazine reaching two million schoolchildren each month. She lives with her family in Westchester County, New York.
Jean’s Money Philosophy-Shared from www.jeanchatzky.com
I’ve come to understand that there are really only five things you need to do – consistently and habitually – in order to live comfortably:
You need to earn a decent living. Decent, not outlandish. Earning more than you need to live comfortably is nice, but it doesn’t increase your happiness.
You need to spend less than you make. Learning to do this is difficult – particularly during cycles when credit is free flowing. And retrenching if you’ve overdone it can take time. But it’s absolutely possible and I can help you get there.
You need to save, then invest. All the money that you’re not spending needs to work as hard for you as you work yourself.
You need to protect the financial world you’ve built for yourself. With both insurance and a basic estate plan, you can ensure that no disaster – large or small – can take it all away from you and the people who depend on you.
And finally, you need to give back in a way that is meaningful to you. For some people this will mean giving money, for others money and time. It’s key. People who give back are happier, healthier and, in ways not limited to money, wealthier. They get a psychological boost that is difficult to achieve in any other way.
Everything else is just icing on the cake.
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