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Ivan Watanabe - Immigrants + Finance (Pt. Two)
Ivan Watanabe - Immigrants + Finance (Pt. Two)
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jun 11, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Tune in to hear:How do various cultures differ on their views of wealth and propensity to openly discuss financial matters?What are some of the unique financial concerns and strengths faced by immigrant families?Financial preparation takeaways from coronavirus and other disruptive, unexpected events.For many first generation families, owning property is a sign of financial success and a big priority - what is the genesis of this belief, and how does one counsel their clients to take a more diversified approach?What practices could American money culture adopt from immigrant cultures to strengthen our approach to investment and savings?Web - www.opus-pc.comLinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/iv%C3%A1n-watanabe-2185a49/
Released:
Jun 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Humankind's Greatest GIft Is Also Its Greatest Liability: If bees organize by innate mandate and chimps through tight-knit social interactions, the miracle of human ascendance in the animal kingdom owes to a penchant for behaving in accordance with social narratives. To put it bluntly, we act as if the stories we make up are real. As Harari writes in the magisterial Sapiens, “As far as we know, only Sapiens can talk about entire kinds of entities that they have never seen, touched or smelled.” A monkey can say, “There is a caribou by the river” but could never communicate that, “The caribou by the river is the spiritual guardian of our city.” This ability to communicate about the unreal allows us to create all manner of social structures that help bring about predictable human behavior and that reliably breed trust. The State of Alabama, the Catholic church, the Constitution of the United States of America, the inalienable civil rights of man: none of these things are “real” in the by Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby