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Foundational 5 bricks:
-Know what's coming in & out (use value-based spending)
-Tackle high-interest debt (anything >7%, bc the stock market returns 7-9% per year)
-Automate your money (set aside savings for investment)
-Make a rainy day fund (3-month emergency fund that is untouched)
-Sort out retirement acct (take advantage of the 100% ROI)

-Connect learners to learners, topic, personal goals, learning outcomes
-Connections > icebreakers. Connections connect learners to each other while focusing on the topic
-Connection activity comes BEFORE intros, goals, agendas, rules
-Use warm-up (pre-training), fast pass (1-2mins), start-up (5-10mins) to build connections

5 myths of investing debunked:
-you'll lose all your money (risk, panic selling vs holding on, the market has always recovered)
-it's like gambling (gambling is based on chance, investing is based on research)
-it's complicated (people don't start because they think it's hard)
-you need a lot of money (compounding, fractional shares)
-real estate is less risk (leverage advantage but hard to liquidate)

5 reasons to invest over save:
-beat inflation (~2% YOY)
-take advantage of compounding interest
-reach financial goals faster
-financial freedom & security
-pour money into causes you support (ESG)

Connections -> Concepts -> Concrete Practice -> Conclusion keeps learners engaged and on their feet.

1) Connections - connecting learners to peers, the topic, own learning goals and learning outcomes can make the training content more relevant. These activities include pair/small group work, personal surveys (such as MBTI), and quizzes

Was gifted this by my work mentor and have been fascinated so far:
-change the "power of the paradigm" that trainers talk and learners listen.
-use brain-friendly pedagogy to bring discussion, movement, participation, teaching-back
-if deprived of stimulation, the brain creates its own world (daydreaming)
-people remember emotional experiences
-create informal learning environments for comfy & collaborative learning