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Eliminate Financial Stress
with YNAB Founder Jesse Mecham

Eliminate Financial Stress with YNAB Founder Jesse Mecham

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Money Stress is Real — It’s Time to Address the Source

Of all the things that keep me up at night, money is #1. No joke.

If you have stress about your finances (and you probably do), it’s time to put a real plan in place that can not only reduce your stress, but create real, tangible progress for decades to come.

In this week’s episode of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast I speak with Jesse Mecham, founder of YNAB (You Need a Budget), about the 4 rules of successful budgeting, small habits with big impact, and his amazing morning routine.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode

  1. The 5 AM Miracle Audiobook [Read by Jeff Sanders]
  2. YNAB: You Need a Budget [Budgeting software]
  3. You Need A Budget podcast [Hosted by Jesse Mecham]
  4. You Need A Budget [Book by Jesse Mecham]
  5. YNAB’s Four Rules [Learn the foundations of successful budgeting]

Jesse Mecham

Jesse Mecham

Jesse Mecham is a personal finance expert, speaker, business leader, and founder of You Need A Budget (YNAB).

Jesse hosts the You Need A Budget podcast, and is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of, You Need A Budget. A self-proclaimed “recovering CPA,” he is deeply passionate about teaching individuals, families, and business owners YNAB’s Four Rules to help them gain total control of their money.

When not teaching people how to budget, Jesse loves gardening, woodworking, marksmanship, and travel. He also spends a good bit of time with his wife and the seven small people that live in their house.

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