by Elisabeth Donati | Dec 22, 2010
The String Challenge… When we started hosting financial education camps back in 2002, one of the first thing I noticed was how uncomfortable the kids were when they first came into the room on the first day, as well as subsequent days during the week. I realized...
by Elisabeth Donati | Dec 3, 2010
Since compound interest is one of the most important financial education concepts around, I thought it only proper to provide you with this following great Simple vs. Compound Activity Lesson. It’s available for anyone to use with any age group of kids or teens...
by Elisabeth Donati | Aug 3, 2010
Inquiry of Stuff I know, I know. The idea of surrendering to life for a lot of people puts them in a state of fear, or panic, or worse. However, the idea, and practice, of surrendering to ‘what is’ can be quite freeing, especially when it comes to money...
by Elisabeth Donati | Jul 30, 2009
There is one special quality that you can develop that will guarantee you greater success, accomplishment and happiness in life. Of a thousand principles for success developed over the ages, this one quality or practice will do more to assure that you accomplish...
by Elisabeth Donati | Jan 8, 2009
Talk about a hard sell. Trying to persuade a group of 7-year-old children that saving money is fun ranks right up there with trying to make them believe that peas are a dessert food.” — Janet Bodnar, deputy editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, in the...
by Elisabeth Donati | Jul 12, 2008
As with everything in life, things go up and things go down. And then they go up again and down again. You can liken it to a wave which goes up and down, or to a glass of water you set down on a flat surface. If you knock the glass, the water is disturbed but, in...
