Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 2/16/2009 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: You've worked hard all these years, believing you were working to support yourself, your family, your future. But in reality, Vicki Robin tells us, the current economic crisis makes it clear that most of us have been working to support the economic system-a system that is now in a downward spiral. If you've been living the American dream, with all the toys and amenities it has to offer, but suddenly find that the rules seem to be changing, Ms. Robin can point the way to a new paradigm that works in any economy. She'll show you how to assess the true value of your income and your expenses, but especially your time-because in the end, that's what matters most. She explains, "We're all on this little conveyor belt from birth to death. In the middle we're having this grand old time, but there's an end to it. The fact is that money isn't some endless thing, it is a representation of your hours on earth that are not that many, and everything you care about has to fit in there. If you only have this much time in your life, where do you want to invest yourself?" In this interview you'll learn which questions you can ask to discover how to invest your precious time to gain the greatest returns in pleasure, joy, and true happiness.
Vicki Robin has been a guest on hundreds of radio and television shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio. She is a leader in the sustainability movement, and received awards from Co-Op America and Sustainable Northwest. She helped launch numerous sustainable living initiatives, including the New Road Map Foundation, the Simplicity Forum, and the Turning Tide Coalition, and in the 1990s served on the President's Council on Sustainable Development. Ms. Robin is co-author with Joe Dominguez and Monique Tilford of Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence (Penguin 2008). To learn more about the work of Vicki Robin go to www.yourmoneyoryourlife.info
Topics explored in this dialogue:
Why your life is based largely on a background reality that doesn't exist
How many hours of your life you spend to have your morning latté
How much money you could save if you quit your job
How you can discover which expenses bring the most value to your life
Why your hourly income may be worth only a fraction of what you think it is
