The Jesse Mecham Show
Money shouldn’t be this hard - and it isn’t! Join YNAB founder Jesse Mecham each week as he dives into spendfulness, a mindset that will help you stop second-guessing, spend more confidently, and live the life you want.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 777
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
077 - Why Roths are Better than Regular IRAs
This is the end of that debate.
076 - Taxes and Timing
Having the choice to create a taxable event (or avoid one) is extremely powerful when it comes to minimizing your life's single biggest expense.
075- How I Tripled My Money in the Stock Market
It involved a company that made karaoke machines. I got lucky.
074 - Your Kids Need a Budget
I take a few minutes to explain how we use YNAB with the kids. We have five kids, so there's proof that it scales.
073 - Your Life on a Treadmill
Anyone can keep pace when the treadmill is level, you're not carrying any extra weight, and the speed is slow. But what happens when Big Events change that? What drove you to the point where you thou…
072 - Sowing Seeds of Money Happiness
What causes discontent with money? What influences how you spend your money, what you value, and whether you're truly happy?
071 - The Key to Reinventing Yourself (Bit by Bit)
I interview my favorite Behavior Designer of all time, BJ Fogg of the Standford Persuasive Technology Lab. BJ and I discuss key principles for creating lasting, positive behavior change in your life…
070 - I'm Saving This Money. (For What?!)
Savings without purpose is savings frittered away. Make sure you're saving with purpose!
069 - Managing Your Life's Single Biggest Expense
An interview with my tax advisor, and the author of Tax Insight, Casey Murdock. He's a tax genius, and he saved me 20k in taxes a few years ago. Case closed!
068 - Budgets are Sexy. An Interview with J. Money.
I get to interview a fellow man-cave enthusiast and personal finance blogger who writes one of my favorite money blogs: BudgetsAreSexy.com. Of course I'd like it.
067 - Spending Tens of Thousands of Dollars is So Easy
More about our car purchase from December. Now that the dust has settled, here's what's really freaking me out.
066 - Big Goals, and Nothing Else Matters
If you're getting the big goals taken care of, nothing else really matters.
065 - "YNAB Works" is Here!
I'm pleased to announce the launch of "YNAB Works!" A Home Study Guide+DVD Video package for schools, clients, kids of awesome parents, employees…basically anyone you care about :)
064 - My Financial Life
Instead of takling about how we budget, which is just how I teach, and nothing special. I wanted to discuss everything else financial, how and why I do the things I do, and let you then draw your own…
063 - The Farmhand Who Slept Through Anything
Are you finances managed with the future in mind? Where YOU could sleep through anything?
062 - Bought a Car, Broke Both My Rules
I have two rules when it comes to buying a car. Don't buy new, and don't finance it. Broke both of those.
061 - Friction.
When you're in a job you don't like, there's friction, because you're not spending your time doing something you love. When your money's misbehaving, there's friction. Because your money isn't doing …
060 - No More Harvard Debt! How One Guy Paid of $90k of Debt in Seven Months
My interview with Joe Mihalic, who paid off $90,000 of debt in 7 months, because he got intense, got focused, and made it happen. You can catch Joe's book on Amazon (for $2.99) called Destroy Student…
059 - What Will Your Holidays Look Like in 2013?
What will your holiday season look like 13 months from now? And why am I making you think about it?!
058 - I can list all the clothes I own. You?
I'm throwing down here. Not really. Did a major, MAJOR closet cleaning, and it feels GREAT!