How to get better at money, with Carrie Joy Grimes

About this episode

Carrie Joy Grimes discusses strategies to improve our relationship with money through her nonprofit WorkMoney.

Money = Math + Feelings. That’s the equation at the heart of Carrie Joy (CJ) Grimes’ nonprofit WorkMoney, which has scaled to more than 9 million members since it started during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grimes joins host Jeff Berman to reveal the strategies that can improve not just how much money we have, but our relationship with it.   CJ’s book: The Joy of Money Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter:  https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Berman

Guest: Carrie Joy Grimes

Topics covered

• money management
• nonprofit
• financial literacy
• COVID-19 impact
• personal finance

Keywords

• money
• math
• feelings
• financial strategies
• nonprofit
• COVID-19
• membership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WorkMoney

Books & works: The Joy of Money

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