Free email course · 10 days · 4 minutes a day
Ten things nobody in my family could tell me about money.
I'm a first-generation CFO. I learned everything below years later than I should have, from coworkers, by accident. This is the version I'd hand my 25-year-old self, in order.
What you'll get
One lesson a day, in this order
- Day 1 Your salary isn't your paycheck
How to read a pay stub, and the three deductions to check in your first month.
- Day 2 The only free money you'll ever get
What a 401(k) match is, in a table, and the ten-minute fix most people never make.
- Day 3 The fund that lets you say no
Why the emergency fund goes at a different bank, and how big it needs to be first.
- Day 4 Credit from zero
How a score is built when nobody co-signed for you, and the one-card rule.
- Day 5 Which debt to kill first
Cost of capital in plain English: what to attack, what to leave alone.
- Day 6 Roth vs traditional
A tax-bracket decision, not a personality test. One question decides it.
- Day 7 What "investing" actually means
Index funds, three of them, and why that's the whole strategy for most people.
- Day 8 Sending money home
Pick the number, say it out loud. The lesson nobody with a finance title writes.
- Day 9 How raises really get decided
From someone who approves them. What the person across the table is actually weighing.
- Day 10 The one-hour annual review
The checklist, and where the full playbook picks up.
Who's writing this
I approve budgets for a living. Nobody taught me my own.
Chief Financial Officer, MBA, first in my family to work in an office. I found out what a 401(k) match was four years into my career, from a coworker at lunch. Everything in this course is the conversation I wish someone had started with me.
Questions
Before you sign up
Is it really free?
Yes. Ten emails, then an occasional lesson when I write one. No course to buy at the end, no upsell sequence.
Who is this for?
First-generation professionals and anyone who never had a financial mentor. If you earn a salary and nobody at home can explain a 401(k), it's for you.
Is this financial advice?
No. It's education from someone who learned it late. I'm a CFO, not your advisor; when your situation is specific, pay a fee-only professional for an hour.
How long does each lesson take?
About four minutes. Each ends with a single thing to do.
What do you do with my email?
Send you the lessons. I don't sell it, share it, or use it for anything else. Unsubscribe is one click.