1 00:00:28,709 --> 00:00:34,299 Suze: September 3rd, 2023. Welcome everybody to the Women and Money 2 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:38,520 Suze: podcast as well as everybody smart enough to listen, Suze 3 00:00:38,529 --> 00:00:44,159 Suze: O here. Do you know what today is? Today is 4 00:00:44,168 --> 00:00:52,008 Suze: the 500 episode of the Women and Money podcast. I 5 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:55,959 Suze: said that slowly because 500 6 00:00:56,209 --> 00:01:01,939 Suze: episodes and what's interesting about the episodes of this podcast 7 00:01:02,099 --> 00:01:06,819 Suze: is usually they're just me and obviously also KT 8 00:01:07,470 --> 00:01:11,139 Suze: but it's very, very different to do a podcast like 9 00:01:11,150 --> 00:01:15,539 Suze: this one and every week have to come up and 10 00:01:15,550 --> 00:01:19,669 Suze: figure out what you are going to say than simply 11 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,018 Suze: having a slew of producers, booking guests for you and 12 00:01:24,029 --> 00:01:28,620 Suze: all you have to do is interview them far, far easier. 13 00:01:29,019 --> 00:01:34,260 Suze: But this podcast, honest to God, all 500 episodes 14 00:01:34,589 --> 00:01:40,479 Suze: has really just been myself, KT and Robert. 15 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:44,589 Suze: and I have to tell you to have done 500 16 00:01:44,599 --> 00:01:52,139 Suze: episodes like that. That alone is something to celebrate. But 17 00:01:52,309 --> 00:01:56,110 Suze: this is a weekend of celebration. Is it not because 18 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:01,709 Suze: it is Labor Day weekend. And you know, I always 19 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,309 Suze: think about holidays and what they mean and are we 20 00:02:05,319 --> 00:02:09,190 Suze: celebrating them for the right purposes? So I always look 21 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:10,570 Suze: up the definition 22 00:02:10,938 --> 00:02:16,559 Suze: of what Labor Day is a celebration about. And here's 23 00:02:16,569 --> 00:02:21,149 Suze: what it says, Labor Day is an annual celebration of 24 00:02:21,157 --> 00:02:26,929 Suze: the social and economic achievements of American workers. 25 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:30,830 Suze: And I thought about that and I thought about that 26 00:02:31,059 --> 00:02:32,389 Suze: and I thought about that. 27 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,850 Suze: And then I got really sad 28 00:02:35,538 --> 00:02:40,820 Suze: because I realized that while you might be celebrating tomorrow, 29 00:02:41,589 --> 00:02:46,960 Suze: the real reason you are celebrating isn't because you're celebrating 30 00:02:46,970 --> 00:02:50,799 Suze: your social and economic achievements of what you have accomplished. 31 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,360 Suze: It's because you get a Monday off which means you 32 00:02:55,369 --> 00:03:00,399 Suze: don't have to go to work. So you are not 33 00:03:00,410 --> 00:03:05,199 Suze: celebrating your achievements at work. You are most likely not 34 00:03:05,210 --> 00:03:08,198 Suze: celebrating the fact that you have a job. 35 00:03:09,020 --> 00:03:13,270 Suze: And the reason for that is most likely you are 36 00:03:13,279 --> 00:03:18,888 Suze: not happy in your job. When I ask so many 37 00:03:18,899 --> 00:03:21,990 Suze: of you and everywhere I go, I always say to somebody, 38 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,789 Suze: I go, what do you do for a living? All 39 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,470 Suze: those questions that you ask one another when you don't 40 00:03:27,479 --> 00:03:29,470 Suze: really know what else to say to each other, 41 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:34,539 Suze: I always end up asking them. Are you happy in 42 00:03:34,550 --> 00:03:35,589 Suze: your job? 43 00:03:36,580 --> 00:03:41,130 Suze: They normally say to me no. So I'm asking all 44 00:03:41,139 --> 00:03:42,110 Suze: of you right now. 45 00:03:42,839 --> 00:03:49,410 Suze: Are you happy in your job? Yes or no. 46 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,470 Suze: And when I asked them that question. 47 00:03:54,309 --> 00:03:57,240 Suze: Normally the answer is no. 48 00:03:57,940 --> 00:04:01,910 Suze: So if your answer happened to be no, the next 49 00:04:01,919 --> 00:04:05,250 Suze: question that I would ask these people and you need 50 00:04:05,259 --> 00:04:10,830 Suze: to be asking yourself is why aren't you happy in 51 00:04:10,839 --> 00:04:11,990 Suze: your job? 52 00:04:13,050 --> 00:04:18,049 Suze: All right. For those of you who answered no, I 53 00:04:18,059 --> 00:04:20,979 Suze: want you to write down why you are not happy 54 00:04:20,988 --> 00:04:21,940 Suze: in your job. 55 00:04:22,799 --> 00:04:25,209 Suze: For those of you who answered yes, 56 00:04:25,940 --> 00:04:29,670 Suze: that you are happy in your job. I want you 57 00:04:29,678 --> 00:04:34,750 Suze: to write down why you are happy in your job. 58 00:04:35,660 --> 00:04:38,269 Suze: Now, I don't know what you're gonna write or not. 59 00:04:38,790 --> 00:04:42,700 Suze: But the most frequent answer that I would get when 60 00:04:42,709 --> 00:04:48,519 Suze: I asked that question was this? Oh, Suze, I'm just 61 00:04:48,529 --> 00:04:50,969 Suze: not passionate about what I'm doing. 62 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,428 Suze: I want to quit my job. I want to find 63 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,789 Suze: a job that fulfills my passion. 64 00:04:58,500 --> 00:04:59,910 Suze: Any of you write that down. 65 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:03,089 Suze: How many of you have written me? And you've said, 66 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:05,660 Suze: you know, Suze, I wanna quit this job that pays 67 00:05:05,670 --> 00:05:08,630 Suze: me a whole lot of money because I want to 68 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,958 Suze: find a job that fulfills my passion. I'm looking to 69 00:05:12,970 --> 00:05:15,329 Suze: fulfill my passion. 70 00:05:16,329 --> 00:05:19,969 Suze: I'm looking to fulfill my passion. 71 00:05:21,619 --> 00:05:25,209 Suze: I have to say, I honestly have no idea where 72 00:05:25,220 --> 00:05:29,159 Suze: that concept of finding a job that you are passionate 73 00:05:29,170 --> 00:05:30,988 Suze: about came from. 74 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,929 Suze: And that's what you're looking for because in my opinion, 75 00:05:35,970 --> 00:05:41,339 Suze: that is the worst advice I have ever heard. And 76 00:05:41,350 --> 00:05:44,730 Suze: if you've heard that advice, that's the worst advice in 77 00:05:44,738 --> 00:05:48,899 Suze: my opinion that you have ever heard. Now, why is that? 78 00:05:49,329 --> 00:05:54,649 Suze: That's because passion changes all the time, 79 00:05:55,579 --> 00:05:58,950 Suze: not just in what you do, but even who you're 80 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:02,829 Suze: in a relationship with. One day, I hear you saying 81 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,350 Suze: I love this person. I love this person. Oh, Suze, 82 00:06:05,359 --> 00:06:07,269 Suze: I'm just so passionate about them. 83 00:06:07,988 --> 00:06:11,078 Suze: And then a while later you say to me, I 84 00:06:11,089 --> 00:06:15,040 Suze: hate this person. There is no passion between us whatsoever. 85 00:06:15,869 --> 00:06:19,118 Suze: And then of course, you end up splitting up. 86 00:06:19,809 --> 00:06:23,390 Suze: You know what I'm saying is true. How many relationships 87 00:06:23,399 --> 00:06:26,459 Suze: have you been in that? It was just so passionate 88 00:06:27,149 --> 00:06:30,640 Suze: and it was it the passion that you loved 89 00:06:31,369 --> 00:06:36,019 Suze: or did love, create passion? Like what was it everybody? 90 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,049 Suze: So I then decided 91 00:06:40,850 --> 00:06:43,980 Suze: that I would look not only at my own life, 92 00:06:43,988 --> 00:06:47,600 Suze: but I would look at the lives inwardly of all 93 00:06:47,609 --> 00:06:53,720 Suze: the people I worked with over all my years. And 94 00:06:53,730 --> 00:06:58,790 Suze: what I learned was this, they didn't love their job 95 00:06:58,799 --> 00:07:01,760 Suze: because they were passionate about what they did. 96 00:07:02,850 --> 00:07:07,119 Suze: They loved what they did because their job gave them 97 00:07:07,130 --> 00:07:08,100 Suze: meaning 98 00:07:09,589 --> 00:07:11,420 Suze: and because of that 99 00:07:12,059 --> 00:07:18,790 Suze: meaning, because they found meaning in their lives that created passion, 100 00:07:19,459 --> 00:07:26,049 Suze: passion doesn't create meaning, meaning creates passion. 101 00:07:27,540 --> 00:07:30,299 Suze: So the question that all of you need to be 102 00:07:30,309 --> 00:07:35,070 Suze: asking yourself on this Labor Day weekend and really not 103 00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:39,350 Suze: just this weekend, but weekends for the rest of your 104 00:07:39,359 --> 00:07:46,950 Suze: lives is what would give you meaning in your life. 105 00:07:48,589 --> 00:07:52,450 Suze: All right, everybody that's a question for you in your 106 00:07:52,459 --> 00:07:57,078 Suze: little Suze notebooks. How would you answer that? What would 107 00:07:57,089 --> 00:08:02,880 Suze: give you meaning in your life? And it's not just 108 00:08:02,890 --> 00:08:04,399 Suze: meaning today 109 00:08:05,220 --> 00:08:10,200 Suze: because as your life goes on, as your life changes, 110 00:08:10,209 --> 00:08:17,429 Suze: as the events in the world change, meaning will also change. 111 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,089 Suze: So 112 00:08:19,929 --> 00:08:22,859 Suze: on this Labor Day Weekend, 113 00:08:24,179 --> 00:08:27,570 Suze: all I ask is for you to think about what 114 00:08:27,579 --> 00:08:30,010 Suze: I have just said 115 00:08:30,950 --> 00:08:35,909 Suze: for it's in finding your meaning that really leads to 116 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:40,059 Suze: happiness in your work and in your life and never 117 00:08:40,070 --> 00:08:41,319 Suze: forget meaning 118 00:08:42,140 --> 00:08:46,169 Suze: today may be different for you five years from now 119 00:08:46,460 --> 00:08:52,468 Suze: or 20 years from now. So don't be afraid to change. 120 00:08:52,479 --> 00:08:56,510 Suze: And I mean, what I just said, all right, next 121 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,619 Suze: week on September 10th, the Suze school, I have a 122 00:09:00,630 --> 00:09:04,429 Suze: fabulous announcement that I have been waiting to make 123 00:09:04,989 --> 00:09:11,270 Suze: and it's about the ultimate opportunity, savings account for your kids. 124 00:09:11,539 --> 00:09:15,718 Suze: So today in just a few hours Miss Travis and 125 00:09:15,729 --> 00:09:19,260 Suze: I will be getting on a plane heading out to 126 00:09:19,270 --> 00:09:25,559 Suze: Italy and then to Spain, for the next 10 days, but 127 00:09:25,570 --> 00:09:30,439 Suze: I'm going to do my best to prerecord episodes for 128 00:09:30,450 --> 00:09:30,919 Suze: you 129 00:09:31,369 --> 00:09:34,869 Suze: so that you can continue to learn and not have 130 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,580 Suze: to hear the best ofs when we play a best 131 00:09:38,590 --> 00:09:43,500 Suze: of it's because we really either can't broadcast or something 132 00:09:43,510 --> 00:09:47,640 Suze: has gone wrong. But there's no reason why we can't 133 00:09:47,650 --> 00:09:53,419 Suze: try to create newness for you every single week. 134 00:09:54,349 --> 00:09:59,760 Suze: So we'll try our best to do that. But until then, 135 00:10:00,739 --> 00:10:04,539 Suze: please know there's only really one thing that I want 136 00:10:04,549 --> 00:10:06,750 Suze: you to say every single day. 137 00:10:07,780 --> 00:10:12,369 Suze: And on some level, this also will help give you 138 00:10:12,380 --> 00:10:14,590 Suze: meaning in your life 139 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:22,069 Suze: today. Wherever I go, I will create a more peaceful, 140 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,709 Suze: joyful and loving world. And if you do that, 141 00:10:27,650 --> 00:10:33,419 Suze: I promise you you will be unstoppable. Happy Labor Day Weekend. 142 00:10:33,429 --> 00:10:35,500 Suze: Everybody see you soon.