5 Keys to Improving Your Finances with John Hope Bryant—Financial Literacy Expert & Coach

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

John Hope Bryant is a successful entrepreneur, author, and financial guru who believes financial literacy—understanding how to make, save, and spend money—is the civil rights issue of our era. And he’s doing something about it. He’s written best-sellers, advised presidents, and helped influence policymakers. But his most enduring work is as the CEO of Operation Hope, where John is helping teach financial literacy to all, giving everyday people the tools they need to make wise financial decisions. In a conversation that touches on everything from politics, to history, to tools for making more (and better use of your) money, John Hope Bryant is a deep well that will get your rear in gear.

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0:00.0	Half of those who make $100,000 a year today, Brian, are living from paycheck to paycheck.
0:06.4	Hello.
0:07.1	Wow.
0:07.4	And a third of those who make $250,000 a year today are living from paycheck to paycheck.
0:15.0	If I live from paycheck to paycheck, that means what?
0:18.5	That I have no savings?
0:20.0	What's that mean?
0:20.8	Live paycheck to paycheck. that means what? That I have no savings? What's that mean? What's that mean?
0:21.6	Live paycheck to paycheck.
0:23.1	Just about 64% of Americans don't have $400 for an unplanned event.
0:30.3	64% don't have 400 bucks cash.
0:34.1	The link is real simple.
0:35.2	The majority of Americans, black, white, red, brown, yellow, blue, black, blue, red, doesn't matter where who, the majority people listening to your podcast don't have $400 to their name that doesn't anybody that's not owned by anybody else they can use. The car breaks down. Johnny gets six. Let's go to the dentist.
0:54.4	Right. Number one calls a divorce, Brian. Money. Then one calls it for domestic abuse. Money.
1:00.3	That one calls for a heart attack. Number one calls for stress. Money. I mean, it is, it is at the center of a discussion we're not having.
1:27.2	Welcome to aggressive life.
1:29.3	This is Brian.
1:30.6	Great to have you with me today.
1:33.0	You know, two things make for a good podcast.
1:37.1	Well, three, actually.
1:38.3	One, a half decent host, whoever it is.
1:41.1	And then number two, it is a guest who knows what they're talking about and it's
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