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What is the Worth Listening Podcast?
In short, it’s a podcast about all things money! Our guests are millennials and professional athletes because what better way to learn than from peers in a similar situation.

Host Lauryn Williams, financial planner and Olympian leads in-depth conversations with guests, having them share what she calls their "money memoir" to offer insight into how money works in their sport or profession.

Learn more about Lauryn and Worth Listening at Worth-Winning.com

Aug 21, 2018

Today’s guest is Alechia Reese. She is a single mother, founder of 360 Gateway Brands, award-winning author of Eating Elephants, certified professional international speaker, and co-founder of a nonprofit that works to bring the STEM experience to inner-city youth. Her resume is impressive including doing work for companies like Progressive, UPS, BET, the Miami Marlins, Grey Goose, Vogue Italia, and Verizon. She is all about empowerment and equipping people to succeed.

Today Alechia will share with us more about how she rose out of poverty to create a successful life for herself and her daughter. She is extremely open with the details of her life and shares about the ups and downs that she has had along the way.

In This Episode We Discuss:

  • The advice her mom gave her that everyone can learn from.
    The 5 senses of money.
  • The importance of building relationships and knowing how to play the game in your industry.
  • Why you should never hide from creditors and what you should do instead.

Alechia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alechiareese/

Alechia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alechiareese

Alechia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alechiareese

Find out more about Alechia: 

https://www.alechiareese.com

https://www.360gatewaybrands.com/