by Louis Deas | Apr 18, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
A check showed up in the mail for a colleague of mine, ready to deposit. He hadn’t applied for anything. He has solid credit, pays his bills, and reads the fine print, so he called me to show me what came with it. The fine print was stacked with prepaid finance...
by Louis Deas | Apr 11, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Crowdfunding started as a beautiful idea: a way for everyday people to back a dream, an invention, or a neighbor’s new business. Too often now it’s a family asking strangers to help bury someone they love. We can do better than that, and one of the...
by Louis Deas | Apr 5, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
John Hope Bryant speaking on the six kinds of capitalism. People argue about capitalism like it is one thing. It is not. This week I lay out the six kinds of capitalism as I see them, from the version that built the modern world to the versions that have left whole...
by Louis Deas | Mar 31, 2024 | Bryant Thought Leadership
From John Hope Bryant’s Unlocking Success newsletter on LinkedIn, March 31, 2024. It’s easy to assume our hard work will automatically earn its spotlight. However, the truth often sings a different tune. Waiting for a manager’s nod or a colleague’s applause to...
by Louis Deas | Mar 28, 2024 | Money and Wealth Podcast
“Do you want to pick my brain or pick my pocket?” A wealthy restaurateur named Harvey Baskin asked me that over a dinner I had invited him to, while I was trying to slide the check back across the table to him. I was young, I was working for him, and I had...
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