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Dawn Thomas

Aug 19, 2026

VinnieHOST
6:38
Yeah
6:38
... just overall to literacy as well.
6:41
No, it hasn't changed, uh, because it's, it's difficult for people to grasp this concept because we, we effectively have a complex system, and maybe as well culturally talking about money is not a thing.
6:54
There is a theory, um, that I am, am studying as part of my research as well, uh, called family financial socialization, which is really the part that parents play in, in how their cli- their, how their children have outcomes financially.
7:09
And, and I think because financial literacy or illiteracy, it's almost become an intergenerational thing.
7:16
If your parents are not showing you the right financial behaviors or they are not good in their knowledge, that actually gets passed down generations.
7:26
So, um, that's been my focus-
VinnieHOST
9:05
Mm.
3:31
And I was like, "Oh my gosh." So yeah, it is wild that a- against a whole heap of really good books, uh, this one did take out Book of the Year and the Best Personal Finance section.
3:44
Look, there is a reason, um, that it's won, right? 'Cause it, it, it is so approachable in the concepts.
3:51
Um, and I know you talk about money a lot.
3:52
You've got your podcast is huge, Money Money Money, and, and, you know, the related podcast to that as well.
3:57
Um, but it's evident that you can translate those concepts and conversation into a book.
4:05
Um, not everybody can actually do that, and I've read a fair number of [laughs] finance books, especially for this podcast.
4:11
So firstly, um, just wanna say that I've really enjoyed it.

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14:12
And that's why if you go back to your have a strategy, you just gotta have a strategy or a plan, however small, and own it, and if you need to tweak it along the way, that's fine.

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