My guest on the podcast today realised at a young age that his purpose in life was to help people who were suffering pain, including those facing financial struggles.

Gary Edwards is founder of Keep on Squirrelling, providing financial education in schools to 7-11 year olds.

Keep On Squirrelling is very much ‘Edu-tainment & Fun-ancial’. By being entertaining and fun, they have engaged children learning key money management principles which transform their life when applied.

He helps children think about the future, with his exciting and engaging approach to financial education – and help from a 6ft squirrel mascot called ‘Keepsie’.

In this conversation, we talk about how society starts at home but schools have a key role to play too, why we’re not naturally well equipped to manage money, and how a simple approach of ‘save half, spend half’ can place children on the right track.

Life is full of surprises. No one understands this better than Frank Supovitz, who spent ten years making sure the Super Bowl goes off without a hitch.

Frank is the man who has been behind-the-scenes at major events like the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and Indy 500.

He knows that things can and will go wrong. What really counts is how you prepare for and then handle inevitable problems.

Learning why things go wrong, how to best go about preventing crisis, and how to fix them when they happen anyway are skills transferable in any domain, including our personal finances.