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3 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Broke | Vivian Tu | TED
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Picture this: you're 22,
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you just moved to New York City, and you’re out at a bar with friends.
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A couple of tequila shots, a lukewarm beer later,
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you go to the bartender to close out your tab.
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But then she says the three scariest words known to man:
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“Your card declined.”
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It feels like everyone in the bar overhears.
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On one particular night out in 2016,
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I had to wait until 12:01
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for the direct deposit from my paycheck to actually hit my bank account
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to be able to pay my bar tab.
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At the time, I was living paycheck to paycheck.
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And if I’m being honest,
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the embarrassment I felt that night would stay with me for years.
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Even though I had a fancy job on Wall Street,
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my personal finances were a mess.
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During the day, I would enact trades on behalf of hedge funds
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worth billions of dollars.
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And at night,
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I would go home and wonder if one more pad thai order
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would set me over the financial edge.
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Sadly, this is not a unique experience.
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Many young people still feel hopelessly lost
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when it comes to our money.
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And this is in part due to the existing financial system.
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Personal finance education is not taught in K-12.
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The past five decades of policy implementation
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has led to a deep divide between the haves and the have-nots,
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and if we're being honest,
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the financial-services industry, as it currently exists,
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is really only set up and incentivized to help,
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well, the already wealthy.
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But here's where the story starts to get really good.
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There has never been a better time to get financially literate
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than right now.
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Knowledge that was once locked behind expensive advisors
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is available at your fingertips.
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10 years after bar night,
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I have become the financial educator I so desperately wish I had had back then.
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I built my career teaching financial literacy,
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like a friend, across social media.
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And as it turns out,
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that boiled-down language and those silly jokes
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and those funny memes,
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they didn't make me any less credible.
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But they sure did make me more understandable.
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What started as just videos on social media has turned into a podcast,
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not one but two books,
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and if all goes according to plan, a full-blown tech startup.
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The financial world has finally opened its doors wide.
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But here are the three things
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I wish I had known to do all those years ago,
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when I was so desperately broke
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and wanted so desperately to be very, very rich.
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One, learn the language.
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The financial language.
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Two, build community around money.
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And three, find modern solutions for modern problems.
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So let's dive into that first point.
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It's safe to say learning finance really is like learning a new language.
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401(k), IRA, 529, FICO, APY, AGI.
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Hello, can someone please help me?
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But my ask of you is really simple.
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Don't be afraid to be smart by looking dumb.
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Ask what the words mean!
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Don't be afraid to utilize resources like Investopedia or NerdWallet.
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And most importantly,
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find a financial mentor that speaks your language.
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Someone who has the industry chops to back up those smarts,
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someone who never promises you anything that's too good to be true,
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and certainly someone
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who never gives you that weird feeling in the pit of your stomach.
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Here are some of the ways that I have connected with people
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looking for financial guidance.
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First off, I nicknamed Jerome Powell "Fed Daddy"
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to explain rates lowering.
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(Video) Fed Daddy just announced we’re lowering interest rates,
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and a lot of people don't even know what that means,
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much less what it means for them.
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Translating headlines into action items.
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(Video) The federal government didn't clock in today, but I did.
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So here's how the government shutdown is going to impact you and your wallet.
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And even breaking down how celebs, like Kendrick Lamar,
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get rich and stay rich.
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(Video) Kendrick Lamar's family dancing in the "Not Like Us" music video
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wasn't just a clapback, it was a genius investment.
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When you understand the language, you understand what matters.
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And the response to turning finance into fun-nance has been incredible.
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And this leads us into our second point.
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While it's on financial educators to meet the next generation
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where and how they already live,
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it's on the next generation to build their own financial community.
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For years, we have been told
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talking about money is rude, tacky, taboo.
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But the last time I checked,
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Bob and Steve seem to have no problem trading investment tips
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as they're teeing off at hole three.
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It turns out, it’s really only a faux pas
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when we do it.
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It's time to change that.
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I, like so many young people,
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clock in daily for a full shift at the looking-at-my-phone factory.
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And whether you spend all of your time scrolling TikTok
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or reading Reddit threads,
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it's clear:
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having conversations around money
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takes the power away from the people up top
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and gives it back to us.
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The internet has led to the creation of spaces like Fishbowl and Glassdoor,
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where people can share true, real numbers, honest struggles
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and genuine victories without shame or judgment.
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And frankly, many of these conversations are still too raw to be had IRL.
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This online anonymity is empowering people to work together,
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with their digital accountabili-buddies,
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to make smarter financial choices.
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And my hope is that, as this generation gets more comfortable
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creating community around money talk,
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the generation after us --
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they're going to grow up seeing money discussed so openly and authentically
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that they will enter adulthood
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with a level of financial confidence
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that their parents could have only dreamed of.
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And speaking of the future, you’ve probably heard the phrase:
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modern problems require modern solutions.
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It's never been more true.
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If I’m not getting a pension like my dad,
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and I can’t make a household’s ends meet on one income like my dad,
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and I certainly don't plan on working the same job for 40 years like my dad,
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why am I taking my dad's financial advice?
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Or worse,
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using my dad's financial advisor?
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My dad doesn't actually look like that, by the way.
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He's going to be so mad if I don't say that.
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Sorry, Dad.
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Robo-advisors are making sophisticated investment strategies
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accessible to everyone.
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Online banks are offering competitive rates
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without the burden of the overhead of brick-and-mortar branches.
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And innovative apps are turning complex financial tasks into simple,
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actionable things that you can do from the palm of your hand.
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These new platforms are just as regulated and licensed,
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and more often than not, they offer lower fees.
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And it’s not just startup hubs or VCs that are taking notice.
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Creators and educators are now turning into founders.
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For my story,
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what started as just content has turned into an app powered by AI --
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working in conjunction with certified human experts,
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to provide guidance in plain English, like a friend,
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and more importantly, continues to educate first and foremost.
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New-age financial brands aren't just a replacement
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for traditional financial services;
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they're purpose-built for the way we live now.
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Designed to help you save smarter, invest easier,
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and build wealth faster than ever before.
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The future of finance isn't coming.
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It's already here and it's working for us.
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So to wrap us up,
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a decade has passed since my horrific bar tab incident,
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and I so desperately wish I could go back in time
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and provide past-Vivian with some of the solutions
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available to today-Vivian now.
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This shift towards financial accessibility isn’t just changing individual lives;
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it's building an ecosystem where everyone has a fair shot
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at prosperity.
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And my dream is that, a decade from now,
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the evolution in financial education will mean:
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there are fewer declined credit cards at bar night,
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a shrinking wealth gap
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and a financial future that is brighter than ever.
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Thank you.
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(Applause)
