Belling the Kitten | Series 8.1

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Welcome to the Enjoy More 30s Family Finance

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podcast. The only podcast dedicated to making life more

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enjoyable for young families by hitting on the financial topics

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that tend to weigh on us, stress us out, and distract our focus

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from simply enjoying life.

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Hello, and welcome to the next series here on the

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Enjoy More 30s Family Finance podcast. This series is called

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The Financial Parables of Your Life. I try to keep pretty much

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every episode short, because you know, we're all having our kids

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kind of scream in our ear as we're trying to work from home

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or do whatever we're doing so who has time for an hour

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podcast? But this season is going to be even moreso because

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what I'm going to do is have a weekly parable for you to digest

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and just try to make your life a little bit better through it.

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Now, some of these are actually fables, some are actually

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parables. I'm not going to get all caught up in those literary

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semantics though. I picked one word and threw it in the title

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of the series. They are stories to help so hopefully that's what

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they do. Now each week, like I said, I'm going to be sharing

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what may be a somewhat altered version of a story that you're

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familiar with because stories are just easier. They're easier

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to remember. That's why we tell our children's stories at night.

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That's how our grandparents share about the past. I mean,

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the human race for generations has been passing on information

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through stories. That was the best way to do it. The Boy Who

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Cried Wolf, we all know that story. We can remember that

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story. Me talking about, say standard deviation and how it

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relates to an expected range of returns, which also changes in

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respect to time horizon. While that may be very important, it

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will also perhaps put you to sleep. So I guess maybe that

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would be a better one save for like a bedtime stories series.

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But yeah, that's not where we are today.

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So as I begin, or before I begin, I should say as always,

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please share please like, please leave reviews. I'd love to be

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able to reach as many young families out there and help them

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as possible just like you. So today, please join me for our

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initial story Belling the Kitten.

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The mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free

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themselves of their enemy, the cat. At least they wish to find

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some way of knowing when she was coming. So they might have time

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to run away. Indeed, something had to be done for they lived in

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such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from

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their dens by day or night. Many plans were discussed, but none

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of them was thought good enough. At last, a very young mouse got

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up and said, "I have a plan that seems very simple but I know it

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will be successful. All we have to do is hang a bell about the

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cat's neck. When we hear the bell ringing, we will know

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immediately that our enemy is coming." All the mice were much

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surprised that they had not thought of such a plan before.

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But in the midst of the rejoicing over the good fortune,

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an old mouse rose and said, "I will say that the plan of the

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young mouse is very good. But let me ask one question, who

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will bell the cat?"

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So it's one thing to say that something should be done but

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it's quite a different matter to actually do it. You're listening

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here today and other days I hope and many other days to come

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because you're looking to improve. You're looking to have

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less anxiety and worry. You're looking to have more confidence

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in your life and freedom to go out and enjoy what you want to

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enjoy. You don't want that cat to come out and grab your goals

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away from you. You don't want to be afraid. It might be

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retirement, it might be protecting your family. It might

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just be not knowing if there is even a cat on the other side of

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the wall that you can't see. Is there anything out there? My

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story is called Belling the Kitten because when you go out

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and do it. So whether that be meeting with an advisor, just

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listing out your goals, seeing what you can save every month,

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getting that will or some other document doesn't really mean

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anything else that might be detracting from you enjoying

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life as much as possible today, if you actually go out with that

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bell, more times than not, it's not as hard or as scary as you

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may think. More times than not it's not a scary cat with giant

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claws. It's a little cute kitten. And you're gonna leave

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saying "why didn't I do that earlier?"

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So thanks for tuning in today and join us for next week's

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story Great Grandma's Roast. I hope you enjoyed today's story

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and please remember again to review and share for others. And

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if you need any help, don't hesitate in reaching out. I

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probably have helped someone just like you. Until next week,

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thanks for joining me today and I look forward to connecting

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with you again soon.

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The conversations on this show are

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Joe's opinions and provided for general information purposes

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only. They do not constitute accounting, legal, tax, or other

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professional advice for your specific situation. You should

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always seek appropriate advice from a financial advisor,

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with New Horizons Wealth Management LLC, a branch office

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of TFS Securities Inc., and TFS Advisory Services an SEC

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Registered Investment Advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.