DIY Money | Personal Finance, Budgeting, Debt, Savings, Investing
Sep 11, 2026 · 21 min · 13 segments
The art of saying no is one of the most important in your financial journey. Quint and Allie talk through how to master it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for…
Uh, we're gonna do a Back to the Classroom, and I love this.
[bell ringing] I love this.
So, um, our rock star, uh, Ian, who now sort of, you know, takes the questions, puts the questions in the queue and so forth, every once in a while...
Well, not every once in a while, he recommends Back to the Classroom subjects, and sometimes we go with it.
Sometimes we pivot, and that's perfectly fine.
Ian.
Today is fantastic.
We've covered it before, the art of saying no, and this is huge.
This is so huge, not just in the financial world.
This is huge in life, and I'll tell you why.
When I first stepped away from my career, for the first few weeks I twiddled my thumbs, and I had like a crisis in identity, not knowing what I was...
You know, I had this vision.
I'm like, oh my goodness, like that meme of the guy sitting on the park bench, like doing nothing.
I think he's like a killer or something.
I think it's used from a bad movie.
Whatever.
If that's the one I'm thinking of.
It's just some guy.
He's, like, got a mustache, and like he just looks-
Oh, different guy.
Okay
... lonely and looks like a murderer, honestly.
But-
[laughs] Okay
Uh, we're gonna do a Back to the Classroom, and I love this.
[bell ringing] I love this.
So, um, our rock star, uh, Ian, who now sort of, you know, takes the questions, puts the questions in the queue and so forth, every once in a while...
Well, not every once in a while, he recommends Back to the Classroom subjects, and sometimes we go with it.
Sometimes we pivot, and that's perfectly fine.
Ian.
Today is fantastic.
We've covered it before, the art of saying no, and this is huge.
This is so huge, not just in the financial world.
This is huge in life, and I'll tell you why.
When I first stepped away from my career, for the first few weeks I twiddled my thumbs, and I had like a crisis in identity, not knowing what I was...
You know, I had this vision.
I'm like, oh my goodness, like that meme of the guy sitting on the park bench, like doing nothing.
I think he's like a killer or something.
I think it's used from a bad movie.
Whatever.
If that's the one I'm thinking of.
It's just some guy.
He's, like, got a mustache, and like he just looks-
Oh, different guy.
Okay
... lonely and looks like a murderer, honestly.
But-
[laughs] Okay
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