Saturday Morning Muse

Welcome to the Saturday Morning Muse and Andy’s Financial Literacy Lessons! Start to your weekend by investing 7-10 minutes of your time to explore topics that are designed to support your journey of personal and professional continuous improvement with a focus on improving financial literacy and financial decision-making. Dr. Andrew Temte, CFA, is the former CEO of Kaplan Professional and is the author of Balancing Act: Teach, Coach, Mentor, Inspire, and The Balanced Business: Building Organizational Trust and Accountability through Smooth Workflows. He also hosts The Balancing Act Podcast, and The Saturday Morning Muse. Dr. Temte earned his doctorate in finance from the University of Iowa with a concentration in international finance and investment theory. He holds the CFA designation and has over 15 years of university teaching experience. An accomplished musician and leader of the rock band, The Remainders, he’s proud to announce the release of the band’s first original album, Feel Something New, which is available on all major music streaming platforms. To learn more, visit www.andrewtemte.com.

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Episodes

Saturday Feb 15, 2025

How do we improve the financial literacy of the average citizen in the United States? We start with improving numeracy literacy. 
 
You can find The Saturday Morning Muse on your favorite podcast streaming platform as well as out on YouTube. Here’s the link to the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728
 
#financialliteracy #numeracyliteracy #numeracy #basicmathskills #mathematics #makemathapproachable #personalfinance #continuousimprovement

Saturday Feb 08, 2025

What’s the case for investing in building financial literacy skills in our population? Are the concepts of financial literacy and success interrelated? Join me for today’s Saturday Morning Muse to learn more. 
 
You can find The Saturday Morning Muse on your favorite podcast streaming platform as well as out on YouTube. Here’s the link to the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728
 
#financialliteracy #financialfragility #financialwellbeing #success #definingsuccess #mentalhealth #personalplanning #personalplanningguidebook #continuousimprovement

The Ingredients for Success

Saturday Feb 01, 2025

Saturday Feb 01, 2025

What do grace, competence, financial literacy, curiosity, effective communication, and good old fashioned showing up have in common? They are essential ingredients to achieving success irrespective of how success is defined. Join me for today’s Saturday Morning Muse to learn more. 
 
You can find The Saturday Morning Muse on your favorite podcast streaming platform as well as out on YouTube. Here’s the link to the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728
 
#grace #competency #financialliteracy #curiosity #effectivecommunication  #bethere #justshowup #courage #purpose #personalplanning #personalplanningguidebook

Saturday Jan 25, 2025

What do the characteristics of courage, grit, and agility have in common? They are essential ingredients to achieving success irrespective of how success is defined. Join me for today’s Saturday Morning Muse to learn more. 
 
You can find The Saturday Morning Muse on your favorite podcast streaming platform as well as out on YouTube. Here’s the link to the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728
 
#grit #mentalagility #secretstosuccess #continuousimprovement #personalplanning  #personalpurpose #courage #authenticity

Saturday Jan 18, 2025

Saturday Jan 11, 2025

Saturday Jan 04, 2025

Are there really secrets to success or are the ingredients to success in plain sight? This week’s Saturday Morning Muse is part one in a series where we explore the answers to this enduring question.

Saturday Dec 28, 2024

Did you know we make ~33,000 decisions per day? What does the skill of decision making have to do with New Year’s Resolutions? Why do NYE Resolutions fail at a high rate? In this final installment of The Saturday Morning Muse for 2024, I’m musing about the value of resolutions and why the skill of decision making is so important.
 
Just FYI that we’ve launched the show as a podcast on your favorite podcast streaming services. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728
 
#decisionmaking #goodhabits #leadershipdevelopment #continuousimprovement #personalplanning #newyearsresolutions #NewYear2025

The Power and Danger of Habits

Saturday Dec 21, 2024

Saturday Dec 21, 2024

Are habits a good thing or a bad thing? How do we ensure habits are a net positive in our lives? To find out more, tune into The Saturday Morning Muse!
Just FYI that we’ve launched the show as a podcast on your favorite podcast streaming services. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728
#powerofhabits #goodhabits #entropy #leadershipdevelopment #continuousimprovement #personalplanning #newyearsresolutions #growthmindset

Saturday Dec 14, 2024

Welcome to The Saturday Morning Muse! How are the skill of self-awareness and the art of challenging conversations interrelated? We’re going to explore this issue with a short story from my first book, Balancing Act: Teach, Coach, Mentor, Inspire.
 
Just FYI that we’ve launched the show as a podcast on your favorite podcast streaming services. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturday-morning-muse/id1741154728
 
Buy Balancing Act on Amazon at:https://www.amazon.com/Balancing-Act-Teach-Mentor-Inspire/dp/1506276644/ 
 
#self-awareness #challengingconversations #powerofwords #emotionalintelligence #leadershipdevelopment #continuousimprovement

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