“The original plan was always for me to go to school and live that typical life. But it didn't work out, so I had to make my own plan.”

Before the age of 20, Greg Haygood spent a number of years in what he calls “survival mode”. How did he go from living on his own as a teenager in a homeless shelter to a successful career as a finance executive? Perseverance. From his office in Washington, DC, Greg discusses: 
 - His creative approach to joining the United States Marine Corps
 - Why he “almost exclusively” reads books about finance (and three that he thinks don’t get the attention they deserve)
 - Teaching his son about money by offering a high interest rate
 - A Peabody Award-winning TV series about money
 and much more. 

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“Don’t just fall in love with the balance sheet. You have to love the business as well.”

With more than 30 years of experience as a professional investor, Ron Gross has seen it all. Through bull markets and notable downturns (like the Dot-com Bubble of the early 2000s), he has learned a few of his lessons the hard way too. In a wide-ranging conversation Ron shares:
- The best & worst parts of running a hedge fund
- A creative way his father celebrated his annual bonus
- His experience with buying golf clubs at Costco
- Why “beer money” is important
 and much more.
 
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“I wanted to either be a U.S. Marshal and catch fugitives or start a garden center.”
 
Dreaming of two very different career paths led James Early to pursue a college degree in finance. From there he has made his career as an investment analyst and entrepreneur. And despite amassing a remarkable track record in picking stocks, he confesses he’s actually not as good with money as he probably should be. Currently the founder of Curia Financial, James sits down to share:
 - The creative marketing scheme for his car-washing business as a teenager
 - Life lessons he learned from philosopher Lao Tzu
 - How investing teaches us about the imperfections in life
 - A very memorable taxi ride in China
 and much more.

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“All of unhappiness in life is unmet expectations, and you can apply that to money pretty easily.”

Nearly a decade into his life as an attorney, Bill Barker made a somewhat sudden career change to the world of investing. Now a longtime senior analyst and advisor at The Motley Fool, Bill discusses:
 - Collecting 19th-century coins with his grandmother
 - Investing during the earliest days of the Internet
 - An underappreciated movie that teaches stock manipulation
 - Talking to your dog about budgeting
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“The best stuff is not just sitting out available. The best stuff is behind a door, down a hallway, up a hill.”

How does someone succeed in an industry where the majority of businesses close within five years? It helps to have the right mindset.

Dan Simons, co-founder of the Founding Farmers, fell in love with restaurants when he started working at one while he was in college. The more he learned about the business side, the more interested he got. Sitting at a table in his newest restaurant, Dan shares:
 - Why entrepreneurship “is like a giant, ongoing kick in the teeth”
 - A valuable work lesson he learned as a teenager
 - That one time he got scammed
 - How buying a puppy can be a great use of money
 and much more.
 
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“We'd be having dinner and running low on ketchup. My mom would go over to the sink, fill up the bottle with water, give it a shake, and guess what? We had more ketchup!”

The grandchild of Italian immigrants, Tobin Anthony grew up in a home where his parents knew how to stretch a dollar. It was also a home that inspired him to reach for the stars, literally. Long before he earned his PhD in aerospace engineering, worked at NASA, and became the CEO of Space Systems Integration, he fell in love with space as a child
Tobin shares:
- Learning to “live cheaply” as a grad student
- How sometimes ROI is emotional
- Non-financial rewards of parenthood
- Enduring lessons from a classic Christmas tale
and much more.
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“One of my first real experiences was recognizing the fact that there is a huge difference between good management and bad management.”

As the Chief Investment Strategist at Motley Fool Asset Management, Bill Mann keeps an eye on investment opportunities around the world. 
But his education in business analysis started when he was growing up in North Carolina and working at one of the best-known fast food restaurants in the country. Bill discusses: 
 - Having a front row seat at his grandfather’s “barter economy”
 - Buying a Russian diesel engine company in the early 1990s
 - A purchase he regretted almost immediately
 - Splurging on live sports 
and much more.

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“Having patience in life, especially in investing, is such a valuable quality.”
 
 Where does someone learn the value of patience?

For Jason Moser it was a lesson reinforced throughout his life in different places (including the golf course). Jason shares:
  - What he learned in his first job
  - The college degree he almost got
  - Effective ways to teach kids about money and investing
  - Why he will never buy another iPad
 and much more. 

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“I used to think that money was everything. And it took maturity to learn that I was wrong, wrong, wrong."

Few, if any, have done as much to educate people about how to save more and spend less as Clark Howard has. 

As a best-selling author, Radio Hall of Fame host of “The Clark Howard Show”, and self-described cheapskate, he has spent the last 30 years sharing practical tips and advice on all things related to money. From his office in Atlanta, Clark discusses:
 - A conversation with his father that changed his worldview about money
 - Why he loves the game of bargain hunting
 - The different career path he almost took
 - How his “passion for community” drives his decades-long work with Habitat For Humanity
 and much more.
 
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“I didn't feel fear. I just saw that prices were down much more than where they had been. So I just put a little money in without thinking about it too much.”

When Jeff Fischer was 17 years old he bought his first stock right after the infamous Black Monday crash of 1987. From his home in Washington, DC, he shares:
  - The money lesson he learned from “The Price Is Right”
  - How his investing has evolved over the years
  - Why he wishes he had paid more for certain items
  - That anyone can all flip the “YOLO mentality” to their advantage
 and much more. 

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