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Part of owning the power is opportunity to stop the complaining
understanding that if you take care of and criticizing, and start celebrating.
yourself first—if I’m a better Sharon, It’s a way to create and paint the
then I will be a better mother, I’ll be a picture you want in your life and go
better wife, a better entrepreneur, a for it.
better author. And that is something
that’s truly is hugely important Brian: How can we find your book?
in getting across. One of the top
issues today for women is a lack of Sharon: The book is available
self-confidence, so I talked about through Amazon, Barnes and Noble,
how you deal with that. Instead of and at your local bookstore or at my
me just relying on myself, let me website www.sharonlechter.com
get together with a couple of other
women leaders and we’ll be each Brian: Thank you, Sharon, for being
other’s greatest advocate until we here.
get that self-confidence where it
needs to be. When you combine Sharon Lechter is the founder and
your power with other powerful CEO of Pay Your Family First, a
women, and watch out. financial education organization, and
YOUTHpreneur, an innovative new
Brian: You’ve pointed out in your way to spark the entrepreneurial spirit
book that women are starting in our children.
businesses at an increasing rate. Do
you think that women have inherent Sharon was appointed to the first
advantages as business owners and their own business, they have more President’s Advisory Council on
their place in the global economy? control over the one resource we Financial Literacy. The Council served
can never get back, which is our both President Bush and President
Sharon: They are essential. Warren time. Certainly today, there are Obama advising them on the need for
Buffett said the number one impact fewer brick and mortar businesses financial literacy education.
on investing in the next decade and many more that are online, so
is going to be women entering women can work from home. It’s Sharon is an entrepreneur, author,
the workforce, having their own conducive to women who want to philanthropist, educator, international
businesses, and the economic power make sure that they can have their speaker, licensed CPA, Chartered
they hold. Women already control family, have their business, and Global Management Accountant
60% of the personal net worth in make sure that they are present at and, most importantly a mother and
the United States, so we already are all times. grandmother.
the major economic influence. We
make 85% of all consumer decisions, Brian: I think a lot of people In 1997, Sharon co-authored the
2 out of every 3 new businesses in automatically assume that this is a international bestseller Rich Dad Poor
America are started by women. A lot book for women. Do you find that Dad, along with 14 other books in the
people think it’s because women get men are reading this book and giving Rich Dad series. And for over 10 years
frustrated with the glass ceiling and feedback about it, too? as CEO she led the Rich Dad Company
go out and start their own business. and brand into an international
That’s certainly part of it. Sharon: I’m getting great feedback powerhouse. In 2008, she was asked
from men. They’re talking about by the Napoleon Hill Foundation
Women are great problem solvers, how it helps them understand their to help re-energize the powerful
Brian, and the greatest way to start wives more. So many men buy the teachings of Napoleon Hill just as the
a new business is to solve a problem book for their daughters, and say I international economy was faltering.
or serve a need, then start making want to make sure my daughter gets Her bestselling books, “Three Feet
money doing it. Many women are this kind of wealth of information. from Gold”, “Outwitting the Devil”, and
dedicated to having their children as It’s so important to have them not “Think and Grown Rich For Women”
part of their businesses and having listen to all the negativity, but to were all written in cooperation with
flexibility over their time—they really understand there so much for the Napoleon Hill Foundation.
don’t want to have a job. By having us to be proud of. There is so much

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