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Mark Zuckerberg went surfing and Justin Trudeau went beachside strolling. Two leaders are coming under heavy criticism for not assuming an appropriate leadership role and at a time when selflessness and humility were required. Why do we continue to turn the other cheek instead of calling out this behaviour and demanding that stricter repercussions be taken to correct, if not remove corruption from office?

Leaders are letting people down and getting away with it far too often, question is why? Mark Zuckerberg went surfing and Justin Trudeau went beachside strolling. Two leaders are coming under heavy criticism for not assuming an appropriate leadership role and at a time when selflessness and humility were required. Why do we continue to turn the other cheek instead of calling out this be...

Episode 13 - Jodi-Ann Smith, owner and founder of Abundance of Jo, is a Personal Finance Coach. Her perfect client and niche market is young women who are starting off on their own and are learning techniques to save and make money so they can live an abundant life.

She arrived in Canada from Jamaica only a few years ago to pursue an MBA a an international student at University of British Columbia (UBC). As her story goes, she needed to organize her finances and get on top of her money life. In doing so, she quickly came to realize that there was not enough personal finance information for some very key groups in society – young women fresh out of school and immigrants.

She launched her business in 2020 to teach young women and immigrants, like herself, to to become money-wise, beginning with the right mindset.Her experience and knowledge gained from Business School taught her how to operate a successful business of her own - a foundation that has changed the trajectory of her career from retail PR.

Jodi herself became for ingrained on the topic of finances by following podcasts. Three she mentioned are:

* More Money, a Canadian-based podcast hosted by Jessica Moorhouse;
* Budgetnista hosted by Tiffany, America's Favourite Financial Educator; and 
* Money After Graduation hosted by Bridget Casey

In this episode we talk books. Here are her top two:

* Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence by Dr. Ben Caron; and 
* The Holy Bible. 

You can find Jodi on and on Facebook and IG at , Pinterest at pinterest.ca/AbundanceofJo/ and Twitter at twitter.com/JoAbundance
Thank you for tuning in. I am your host Mary Lee. You can find episodes and more on my website at mggcommunications.ca/un-faqs-podcast linked in bio.