Money Lessons with Andrew Temte, PhD, CFA

What’s the case for investing in building financial literacy skills in our population? Are the concepts of financial literacy and success interrelated? Join me for today’s Saturday Morning Muse to learn more.    You can find The Saturday Morning Muse on your favorite podcast streaming platform as well as out on YouTube. Here’s the link to the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...

What do grace, competence, financial literacy, curiosity, effective communication, and good old fashioned showing up have in common? They are essential ingredients to achieving success irrespective of how success is defined. Join me for today’s Saturday Morning Muse to learn more.    You can find The Saturday Morning Muse on your favorite podcast streaming platform as well as out on YouTube. Here’...

What do the characteristics of courage, grit, and agility have in common? They are essential ingredients to achieving success irrespective of how success is defined. Join me for today’s Saturday Morning Muse to learn more.    You can find The Saturday Morning Muse on your favorite podcast streaming platform as well as out on YouTube. Here’s the link to the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts....

Are there really secrets to success or are the ingredients to success in plain sight? This week’s Saturday Morning Muse is part one in a series where we explore the answers to this enduring question.

Did you know we make ~33,000 decisions per day? What does the skill of decision making have to do with New Year’s Resolutions? Why do NYE Resolutions fail at a high rate? In this final installment of The Saturday Morning Muse for 2024, I’m musing about the value of resolutions and why the skill of decision making is so important.   Just FYI that we’ve launched the show as a podcast on your favorit...

Are habits a good thing or a bad thing? How do we ensure habits are a net positive in our lives? To find out more, tune into The Saturday Morning Muse! Just FYI that we’ve launched the show as a podcast on your favorite podcast streaming services. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728 #powerofhabits #goodhabits #entropy #leader...

Welcome to The Saturday Morning Muse! How are the skill of self-awareness and the art of challenging conversations interrelated? We’re going to explore this issue with a short story from my first book, Balancing Act: Teach, Coach, Mentor, Inspire.   Just FYI that we’ve launched the show as a podcast on your favorite podcast streaming services. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.a...

Welcome to The Saturday Morning Muse! What’s one of the most important gifts you can give yourself this holiday season? Investing in financial literacy skills!   Just FYI that we’ve launched the show as a podcast on your favorite podcast streaming services. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728   #FinancialLiteracy #HolidaySpen...

Welcome to The Saturday Morning Muse! With Thanksgiving 2024 in the rearview mirror, I’m offering a few Thanksgiving reflections this weekend.   What does your inventory of gratitude look like? I encourage you to write down your thoughts for future reflection and refinement.   Just FYI that we’ve launched the show as a podcast on your favorite podcast streaming services. Subscribe today on Apple P...

Welcome to The Saturday Morning Muse! Today, I’m celebrating the release of my rock band’s new album with a message that dreams can come true at any age!   Here’s an excerpt: “But now it’s time for a new chapter—one where I stand and say “I’m not finished—I’ve got more to contribute.” It’s time to make the dream of creating a lasting work of art that will outlive me a reality. Just because I’m in...

Welcome to the Saturday Morning Muse!   Today, I’m talking about the skill of critical thinking and the essential sub-skills that are needed to build this skill.   Here’s an excerpt: “The challenge we face is that critical thinking is hard. The easy path is to not question, not ask ‘why,’ and not dig for deeper meaning and root cause. The more difficult, but ultimately more rewarding path is to ch...

Waking up this morning in Madison, Wisconsin enjoying a brief visit with our eldest son! Welcome to the Saturday Morning Muse.   Today, I’m musing about the skill of critical thinking and how to make progress on the lifelong journey to improve this skill.   Here’s an excerpt: “Since (a) an individual’s life experience is primarily defined by the decisions they make over time, and (b) critical thin...

Well, the spooky season is officially behind us, so let the holiday season begin! Welcome to the Saturday Morning Muse.   Today, the topic is our historical learn→work→retire mindset and the dangers of succumbing to the allure of the easy chair.   Here’s an excerpt: “So what’s your plan for retirement? Yes, you may want to step off the treadmill of a fast-paced career path, but it’s essential that...

Today, the topic is your civic obligation to VOTE and our collective duty to defend and protect the US Constitution.   Here’s an excerpt: “Are we perfect? No. Is the great American experiment in democracy worth defending and protecting? Yes. How do can we do that? Open your mind; break free of your information cocoon; get informed; know the difference between entertainment and hard, unbiased journ...

What can we do to help reduce overall stress and anxiety levels in our communities?   This week’s Saturday Morning Muse is part 3 of 3 in our series that explores generational differences and offers solutions to high stress/anxiety levels. "These are just a few suggestions for how we can address the current epidemic of anxiety in the U.S. Increase financial literacy, get educated, adopt an agile,...

What can we do to help reduce overall stress and anxiety levels in our communities?   This week’s Saturday Morning Muse is part 2 of 3 in our series that explores generational differences and offers solutions to high stress/anxiety levels in our population.   "I can’t put enough focus on the value of education and good decision-making that’s accompanied by a lifelong learning mindset as ways to re...

Is stress and anxiety holding you back from reaching your goals? Does your internal balancing act between self-doubt and self-confidence tilt heavily toward self-doubt?   This week on the Saturday Morning Muse, I’m continuing last week’s conversation on self-belief with an exploration of the self-doubt and anxiety that can hold us back from achieving our goals and dreams.   Just FYI that we’ve lau...

Do you believe in yourself? Do you believe in the power of your team? Is self-doubt holding you back?   This week on the Saturday Morning Muse, I’m using my prep for a big rock show as the backstory for a message on the power of believing in YOU.   Buy The Balanced Business on Amazon at:https://www.amazon.com/Balanced-Business-Organizational-Accountability-Workflows/dp/1637557507/   Buy Balancing...

Welcome to the Saturday Morning Muse! We’re entering my favorite season of the year tomorrow – fall!   In last week’s Muse, I had an open letter to employers and leaders regarding employee engagement and policing return-to-office policies. This week is an open letter to employees regarding the same subject… Employee engagement is indeed a two-way street.   Enjoy and have a great weekend…   #leader...

I talk a lot about employee engagement in this forum and about the costs/dangers of employee disengagement. According to a recent Gallup survey , for the full year 2023, only 33% of employees are ‘engaged’ in their work—a slight uptick from the previous year’s number of 32%. More importantly, the proportion of employees who are actively disengaged fell slightly to 16% from a 2022 high of 18%. Whil...

Is growth for the sake of growth a good thing in business? What’s the growth trap and how is it affecting the health of your organization? In this episode, I’m talking about mergers & acquisitions and the growth trap that many leaders unwittingly fall into.    Learn more at: www.andrewtemte.com   Enjoy and have a great weekend… #GrowthTrap #Mergers #Acquisitions #M&A #EmployeeEngagement #C...

The question today is this. Is bigger always better? In zucchini, the answer is a resounding no. In business, the answer is a bit more nuanced, but bigger is certainly not always better.   As leaders, we routinely fall into what I like to call the growth trap. The growth trap shows up in various forms, but it can be a huge morale killer and represent significant risk to the business. One way the g...

Is it really the case that nobody wants to work anymore? Is it really the case that GenZ is lazy?   My advice is instead of looking down your nose and denigrating members of the generations that follow you, lend a hand. Use your gifts to mentor, lift up, and inspire those who are less experienced than you are.   To learn more about Andrew Temte, visit www.andrewtemte.com.