Jatali Bellanton - Money Minded

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we have Jatali Bellanton share how she mastered money and her journey on managing and understanding how it works. She is also here to share Kitsy Bank and Brilliant Minds Unite, which teaches kids and adults financial literacy. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[5:26]</span> <strong>Why should we listen to you? </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Because I make money, and I multiply money. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[6:49]</span> <strong>How did you master money? </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Started out just watching one of my parent figures really struggle financially. I had a father figure, my dad, who was very good with money, and he knew how to manage it, multiply it, and mastered the game called money.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[10:50]</span> <strong>Journey towards figuring money out</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experiencing what you know is very important as well, and you need to reach out to people about how they do it. If it doesn't appreciate in value and doesn't add to my money, why am I spending my money on it?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[17:30]</span> <strong>Financial Literacy</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I have an organization called Kitsy Bank, and we teach financial literacy in the school systems. Third graders to high school students at Kitsy, and then for university students, adults, and the parents of those children, we have an organization called Brilliant Minds Unite. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[22:49] Teaching finance is more effective when taught in a simpler way. It does not need to be complicated as you don't have to use the SAT language all the time. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Keynotes</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[11:45-11:52] "If you have something you don't know, you need to ask that person who has that knowledge.