This categories contains additional activities for The Money Game.
Shortening The Money Game I often get calls from people who want to know if they can use The Money Game in a shorter time frame, like two hours or less. This is a great question, and depending on the group that you're teaching, sometimes the answer is "Yes", sometimes the answer is "Maybe" and [...]
As you know, I love getting great questions about The Money Game that allow me to expand the game even further. Sometimes the questions spur an addition that is so blatantly missing in the game it causes me to pause, and think, "How did I miss that?" It always reaffirms my continual philosophy that all [...]
Almost 10 year journey I embarked on a journey into the fascination field of financial education and along the way, there have been people and processes added to our programs that enhanced their effectiveness by leaps and bounds. One of these activities was suggested by my life partner, Steve Gordon, and it had to do with [...]
"Just wanted to say we had HEAPS of FUN playing the Money Game. Because it was my first time, and I wanted to be sure all the kids 'won' - I opted for the short version where they received $200 for each asset they owned. I chose to make the kids 'work' for me at [...]
When was the last time you celebrated learning something? For some, celebrating comes easy but for most human beings, celebrating is attached to accomplishing something monumental. But think about the last time you watched, or glanced at, a football game. Those guys only have to get the ball down the field a few feet in [...]
The String Challenge... When we started hosting financial education camps back in 2002, one of the first thing I noticed was how uncomfortable the kids were when they first came into the room on the first day, as well as subsequent days during the week. I realized early on that if we wanted to keep [...]
You know those first few moments when you meet someone for the first time and they say... "So...what do YOU do?" And sometimes you know what to say but most of the time you walk away knowing you either: 1) Said too much. 2) Bored them to pieces. 3) Could tell they really [...]
It is often when we find ourselves focused on the wrong things, wondering why we're not getting that which we wish... This activity was sent to us by one of our favorite Creative Wealth Coaches, Earnest Williams (Texas) a while back and when I stumbled on it today, I remembered what a wonderful process I [...]
Some of the most important lessons can be taught via story. In all of our Camp Millionaire or Creative Wealth for Adults programs, we always tell a very funny version of "The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg" and it really teaches people not to kill their goose...i.e., don't spend the money that's paying you [...]
