516: Are You an Asset or Liability to Those in Your Life? w/ Earn Your Leisure

<p>Everyone knows that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/personal-finance-class-requirement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>financial education</strong></a>&nbsp;is one of the most crucial things to<strong>&nbsp;teach children at a young age</strong>. It doesn't just set them up to be wealthy, but it gives them the tools to be confident, choose&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/study-shows-patience-pays" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>delayed gratification</strong></a>, and hopefully, impact another young person’s life one day. This is understood wholeheartedly by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.earnyourleisure.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings</strong></a>, former financial advisor and school teacher.</p><p>What had started as a&nbsp;<strong>small classroom experiment in teaching children financial literacy</strong>&nbsp;turned into a media empire. Rashad and Troy shared their class teachings online, which pushed them to create a course for the kids, and later into the&nbsp;<a href="https://anchor.fm/earnyourleisure" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Earn Your Leisure</em>&nbsp;podcast</strong></a>, where they talk about everything ranging from high-value financial concepts to sports to entertainment and more.</p><p>What keeps Rashad and Troy going is knowing that their work is&nbsp;<strong>allowing thousands of people to improve their life situations</strong>, whether children or adults. The duo not only talks extensively about the difference between<strong>&nbsp;financial&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2016-01-26-liability-asset-own-house-you-live-in" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>assets and liabilities</strong></a>&nbsp;but about&nbsp;<strong>relationship assets and liabilities</strong>. This helps answer the question: who’s helping bring you up and who’s trying to keep you down?</p><p><strong>In This Episode We Cover:</s