E168: Creating Your Personal Board of Directors with Investopedia’s Caleb Silver

<p>Where do you turn to when you want to learn more about investing or how to invest? For many people, Investopedia comes to mind. Today’s guest is Caleb Silver, an award-winning American journalist and the editor-in-chief of <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/"><u>Investopedia</u></a>, a 23-year old brand with a mission to spread financial literacy and education and helping people learn how to invest. Caleb is the president of the <a href="https://sabew.org/"><u>Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW)</u></a>. He is also the host of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-investopedia-express-with-caleb-silver/id1529322197"><u>The Investopedia Express Podcast</u></a>.</p> <p>In this episode, he talks about the power of mentorship and why you should be creating your own personal board of directors to help you stay on track.</p> <p><strong>Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:</strong></p> <ul> <li>What it was like for Caleb growing up</li> <li>How he got into the investing world</li> <li>When he discovered the story-telling part of himself</li> <li>The importance of mentorship</li> <li>Building your own “board of directors”</li> <li>The birth of Investopedia and the podcast</li> <li>Why Investopedia is more than just a glossary</li> <li>Plans to expand the brand</li> </ul> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p> <p><strong>Mentorship and Building Your Personal Board of Directors</strong></p> <p>Build your own personal board of directors. It could mean your mom and dad, as well as the people that know you well, either professionally or personally. These are the people who can help steer you in those types of decisions. When you have those key life decisions, whether they're personal or professional, or some hybrid of both, who are the six to 10 people that you can bounce that off of where you know you're going to get an honest, direct candid opinion and some guidance?</p> <p>Learn from people smarter than you and gravitate towards them. Find peo