Saving should be an important part of your financial life. But even in good times when money isn’t tight, it can be tough to prioritize how much to save and which long-term goal to save for. Undoubtedly, saving for the kids’ college and your retirement is a chief concern for many families. Choosing which to [...]
Read more...Talking to your children about money and engaging their interest isn’t always the easiest thing to do – but it can be. It is all about asking the right questions. Thanks to the success of my 30 Tips to Ensure Your Financial Fitness, I am giving parents a question a day to ask their children [...]
Read more...The Arizona Republic highlighted the work Sharon is doing with YOUTHpreneur in a great article published today in the Valley & State section. The article details Sharon’s work with the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix and how she is helping instill the entrepreneurial spirit in them. Here is a great excerpt. Please check [...]
Read more...Yesterday, Sharon spoke to a large audience of homeschooling parents with Homeschool.com editor Rebecca Kochenderfer. The hour long interview aired on Homeschool.com’s BlogTalkRadio. In it, Sharon and Rebecca discussed the YOUTHpreneur movement and many of the cool items parents and teens can utilize to help foster the entrepreneurial spirit.
Here is an excerpt from the interview, [...]
PHOENIX (March 31, 2009) – Aspiring entrepreneurs and teens take notice; today’s economy is the perfect time to start the next Microsoft or FedEx. In fact, recessions have historically been a benefit to dozens of world-wide companies including Burger King, FedEx, Microsoft, LexisNexis, CNN, GE and Wikipedia.
What most individuals forget is there is no age [...]
The inspirations that can create and propel a YOUTHpreneur to success come from all over. From a personal drive to be successful to an older role model to turning a terrible loss into hope and success, YOUTHpreneurs are everywhere. Here is an excerpt from a great story from CBS News featuring 11-year-old Aaron Ware, who [...]
Read more...Over 200 mothers and daughters were encouraged this weekend with news of empowerment and the freedom to lead financially successful lives by well known author and entrepreneur Sharon Lechter. Sharon spoke for the National Charity League in Phoenix, a group of mothers and daughters working to empower young women and teach them community values.
Praising the [...]
Over the past several months, we’ve seen an increase in stories on financial education and financial literacy for our children in the blogosphere. The tough economy has brought the spot light on our financial practices and how we prepare the next generations to deal with them. It is more important now than ever that we [...]
Read more...In a recent article by Success Magazine, Sharon helps parents learn how to teach their kids about money and the success they will see from it. Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“The more control we have over our money, the less control it will have over you,” says financial expert Sharon Lechter, member of the [...]
On Thursday, October 30, Sharon appeared on ABC 15’s Sonoran Living to speak about turning fear to focus in this tough economic time. Below is the post from ABC 15 reporter Jennifer Harrington.
You can’t turn on the television these days without hearing about the economy. The stock market is fluctuating more each day with the [...]
