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Money Making Conversations Master ClassMoney Saving Tips: Her book provides practical strategies for saving, investing, and overcoming financial biases.Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Anne Lester. A financial expert and former head of retirement solutions at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The discussion focused on saving strategies, financial psychology, and overcoming behavioral biases to achieve long-term financial success. 🔑 Key Themes & Highlights Overcoming Financial Mistakes Lester shared that despite managing billions in assets, she made every financial mistake possible early in her career. Her book, Your Best Financial Life, combines 30 years of asset management experience with lessons from her own financial missteps. Saving Str...2025-06-0225 min
Unleashing YOUR Great WorkBreaking Free from Money Shame: Anne Lester on Smart Financial Habits & Rethinking Your Financial FutureWhat if your money struggles aren’t a moral failure—but a systems problem?In this powerful episode of Unleashing Your Great Work, Amanda Crowell sits down with Anne Lester, retirement expert, author of Your Best Financial Life, and former Head of Retirement Solutions at JP Morgan.Anne is on a mission to remove shame from the conversation around money—and to help rising leaders take control of their financial futures. Drawing from her own story and decades of experience, she shares how our financial habits are often the result of wiring, not weakness, and offers...2025-03-2535 min
MoneyDad PodcastYour Best Financial Life: How Gen Z & Millennials Can Save Smart | Anne Lester, Episode 065Send us a text#065. In this episode, I sit down with Anne Lester, retirement expert and author of Your Best Financial Life: Save Smart Now for the Future That You Want. Anne shares powerful insights on overcoming behavioral biases that prevent us from saving and how to build financial habits that set us up for long-term success.We dive into key money questions Millennials and Gen Z should ask themselves, the biggest financial mistakes young people make, and why many struggle to connect with their future selves when it comes to r...2025-03-2550 min
Resilient Earth Radio & PodcastDr. Josh McInnis Determining the Ecology and Community Structure of West Coast Transient Killer Whales along the Pacific Coast Canada-BajaSend us a textWatch the video of his presentation here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nZ4NgdnmFf8This episode is about Dr. Josh McInnis who presented at our 6th Annual Ocean Life Symposium October 2024. Topic: Determining the Ecology and Community Structure of West Coast Transient Killer Whales in the Northeastern Pacific. Josh is from the windy seaside city of Victoria BC, Canada. His research focuses on the ecology and behaviour of marine mammals in British Columbia and Monterey Bay, California, with studies focusing on the foraging behaviour, diet, and ecology of transient (Bigg’s) ki...2025-02-2754 min
The Tao of Chao PodcastMaster Your Money Mindset: Smart Retirement Strategies Revealed w/ Anne Lester | Tao of Chao 27Why is saving money so hard? Why is retirement planning so complicated? Gen Z and Millennials are anxious about their future, including their financial planning.Behavioral finance expert Anne Lester, author of "Your Best Financial Life: Safe, Smart Steps to the Future You Want" and former head of retirement solutions at JP Morgan Asset Management, reveals powerful insights about why we struggle with saving and investing - and shares practical solutions to overcome these challenges. Learn why your brain resists long-term financial planning and discover proven strategies to build wealth effortlessly.Key Topics:Why...2025-02-1332 min
The Long ViewBest of The Long View 2024: Financial Planning and RetirementHi, and welcome to The Long View. I’m Christine Benz, director of personal finance and retirement planning for Morningstar. On this week’s episode, we’ll feature some of our favorite clips from interviews we’ve done with financial planners, advisors, and retirement researchers over the past year. It’s a counterpart to a previously released “best of” episode that was all about investing.“Daniel Crosby: Can Money Really Buy Happiness?” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, Dec. 17, 2024.“Scott Rick: Are You a Tightwad or a Spendthrift?” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, June 18, 2024.“Anne Lester: You...2024-12-3142 min
Money Tree InvestingRetirement Solutions & Challenges For Each GenerationAnne Lester is here to discuss the retirement solutions and challenges that are facing each generation. Ann shares insights into the challenges of saving for retirement, influenced by her personal experiences as a former "terrible saver." There is a lot the anxiety surrounding retirement savings, the pitfalls of focusing on "the number," and the importance of understanding personal spending flexibility and failure lines. Ann discusses generational differences in retirement preparedness and highlights strategies for building retirement savings, such as saving future raises and adjusting spending priorities. Today we discuss... How Anne helped create the JP Morgan S...2024-11-221h 09
The State of Retirement: Shaping the FutureEpisode 46: How Do We Save Smart Now for the Future We Want?Anne Lester is a well-known retirement expert and perhaps few are as well qualified as Anne to help us better understand how to save smart and retire happy—on own time and target. She shares some of the key lessons from her new book - Living Your Best Financial Life – Save Smart Now for the Future You Want. 2024-11-1140 min
Inspired MoneyFinancial Resilience: Navigating Unexpected Challenges and Bouncing Back StrongerIn this episode of the Inspired Money Live Stream Podcast, we focus on building financial resilience. Host Andy Wang brings together a panel of experts to discuss strategies for handling financial challenges and emerging stronger. Guests include Vicki Robin, author of Your Money or Your Life; Joe Saul-Sehy, financial expert and host of Stacking Benjamins; Anne Lester, a retirement savings specialist; and Yanely Espinal, creator of MissBeHelpful. This episode highlights essential practices like setting up emergency funds, managing debt effectively, and developing a resilient mindset. Why Financial Resilience Matters Financial resilience is the capacity to manage and...2024-11-011h 30
We Are One PodcastLester Roloff Series: Episode 1 – The Man Behind Roloff EnterprisesJoin hosts Olivia and Jen as they kick off a 5-week series exploring the life and legacy of Lester Roloff. In this episode, they dive deep into the history of who Lester Roloff was, the rise of Roloff Enterprises, and why they are still operating today despite numerous allegations. We'll also shed light on the abuse accusations, court rulings, and the infamous "Christian Alamo" showdown in Texas, which became a pivotal moment in IFB history.Stay tuned for the rest of the series, and don’t miss next week’s ep...2024-10-0133 min
I Dare You PodcastEpisode 141: 3 Money Cheat Codes to Hack The System & Live Your Best Financial Life with Anne LesterAnne Lester is a best-selling author and financial expert on a mission to help rising leaders save smart and retire happy—on their time and target. Her new book, Your Best Financial Life: Save Smart Now for the Future You Want helps younger savers find long-term savings success by overcoming their behavioral biases.
Anne spent 20 years as Head of Retirement Solutions for J.P. Morgan, and is also a media commentator with coverage from the likes of Bloomberg TV, Barron’s, CNBC, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times.
Anne and her husband have two...2024-10-0138 min
Experible with Krati MehraAnne Lester ON Navigating Debt, Savings, & Investments to Safeguard Your Financial FutureIn this episode, Anne Lester, a retirement expert, author, media commentator, top-rated speaker and former Head of Retirement Solutions for JPMorgan Asset Management, dissects the current economic turmoil and helps us understand what it means for personal financial security in today's unpredictable world.
Dive deep into the practicalities of achieving financial stability, managing investments, the realities of retirement planning, and navigating high-stress financial decisions. Whether you're a seasoned investor, a young professional starting out, or someone looking to refine your financial strategies amidst global instability, this episode offers invaluable insights to help you safeguard your financial future...2024-09-231h 15
Money Boss Parent#250 - Thank You, Listeners! Reflecting on 250 Episodes of Financial GrowthIn this special 250th episode I’m highlighting three key areas that have resonated most with you: Parent Finances, Kids and Money, and Lifestyle topics like goals, health, and finding passion.Thank you for being a part of this podcast, whether from the start or just joining.Your support has made this milestone possible, and I’m excited to keep growing with you as we aim to live financially confident lives and raise financially savvy kids.Now, let’s dive into the highlights from the past 250 episodes!Anna's Takeaways:Celebrating 250 Episod...2024-09-0419 min
Decoding RetirementRetirement: How millennials and Gen Z can catch up on savingsIn the debut episode of Decoding Retirement, America’s definitive voice on retirement, Robert 'Bob' Powell, and award-winning author, and retirement expert, Anne Lester, provide retirement advice for millennials and Gen Z, including their tips on how to pay down student loan debt while still saving for retirement.Is there an upfront charge for an IRA to a Roth IRA conversion? Find out in our special segment, Ask Bob, where Bob answers the most common retirement and investing questions from our listeners.Retirement planning doesn’t mean locking up your money for a rainy day and...2024-09-0325 min
Crush Your Money GoalsSeason 7 Episode 5: Transforming Your Career and 401(k) StrategyIn this episode of Crush Your Money Goals, we sit down with Anne Lester, the former Head of Retirement Solutions at JP Morgan Asset Management, to discuss her transformative journey from Wall Street to personal pilgrimage. Anne delves into her pioneering work on target date funds, offering practical financial advice for professional women navigating their 401(k)s and retirement planning. She also shares her personal experiences of leaving a high pressure career to pursue new passions, including a pilgrimage walk from Canterbury to Rome and writing her forthcoming book.In this episode, you will...2024-08-2134 min
Millennial Debt DominationAll About RetirementOn this episode of Millennial Debt Domination, Katie highlights financial planning for your retirement. Even though retirement may seem far off for Millennials and Gen Z, it’s important to start saving while you’re young. Between student loan and other debts and trying to build your emergency fund, you might neglect your retirement savings entirely because it seems so far away. However, now is the time you should start saving for your retirement. This is because of the magic of compound interest. By saving now, you’ll watch your retirement fund compound over the years. Toda...2024-08-1432 min
Potkaars Podcast - Interviews en reportagesLester Rietveld - Project Paraguay (reportage deel3)In dit deel 3 van de reportage over Nederlanders in Paraguay, ga ik in gesprek met Lester Rietveld van projectparaguay.nl. Lester vertelt over het geld systeem in Paraguay dat draait op cash, over bitcoin miners die gebruik maken van de goedkope waterkracht energie en over de politieke druk op goud, geld, bitcoin en de cbdc. In deze reportage verslag via interviews met Nederlanders vanuit Asuncion, de hoofdstad van Paraguay in het midden van Zuid Amerika. deel 1 Marcel, die hier voor het eerst is. Waarom weg uit Nederland, waarom Paraguay en hoe gaat dat, het aanvragen va...2024-07-1228 min
Potkaars Podcast - Interviews en reportagesAnne Willemsen - Project Paraguay (reportage deel 2)In dit deel 2 van de reportage over Nederlanders in Paraguay, ga ik in gesprek met Anne Willemsen van projectparaguay.nl. Anne vertelt over haar vertrek uit Nederland en zoektocht in Paraguay samen met Lester Rietveld en binnenkort, hun eerste kindje.In deze reportage verslag via interviews met Nederlanders vanuit Asuncion, de hoofdstad van Paraguay in het midden van Zuid Amerika. deel 1 Marcel, die hier voor het eerst is. Waarom weg uit Nederland, waarom Paraguay en hoe gaat dat, het aanvragen van een verblijfsvergunning? https://youtu.be/U-IWxYAxJAQdeel 2 (dit gesprek) Anne van projectparaguay.n...2024-07-1240 min
Inspired Budget#165: Your Best Financial Life with Anne LesterMillennials and Gen Z face a unique challenge when it comes to building wealth. In this episode, Anne Lester, author of Your Best Financial Life, and former head of Retirement Solutions for JPMorgan, provides insights and advice for anyone under the age of 45.You will learn:A simple framework to manage your moneyHow to start saving in tax-advantaged accountsHow to balance immediate financial needs with saving for retirementHow to start investing, even if you’re a beginnerGet Anne’s new book, Your Best Financial Life.Check out Anne's WebsiteConnect with Anne on I...2024-07-1136 min