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Tiffany Kent
Jul 14, 20232 min read
A New York State of Mind
Growing up, I wanted to be average. I wanted to be like everyone else. I wanted long, pretty highlights in my hair. I was the only kid...
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Tiffany Kent
Jul 7, 20233 min read
A perfect view
It’s hard to make a big decision. “Especially when people want to avoid discomfort as much as they can, and most people will seek...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 30, 20232 min read
I want to be a cowgirl, baby.
Growing up, I felt inadequate and insecure because I wasn’t rich. This feeling of being ashamed started when: - I attended Beverly Hills...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Desperately Seeking Growth
Back when I was a teenager, I rode my 10-speed bike to the grocery store and to my doctor’s appointments. I scheduled my own...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Maverick
On our plane ride back from Rome, I started to watch the new Top Gun: Maverick movie. Halfway through I already know how this movie will...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 2, 20233 min read
Sirens and Sorrento
Starting out in marketing my business, I tried everything. I was an expert editor for Nerdwallet I did a weekly news program on money I...
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Tiffany Kent
May 18, 20233 min read
Rocky Reunion
Attending my husband’s law school reunion brought back painful memories of my Harvard Business School reunion. Reunions suck unless you...
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Tiffany Kent
May 4, 20232 min read
“Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up.”
- Woody Allen After a terrible night’s sleep, worrying about everything possible: kids, money, the stock market, I woke up at 4:30 am and...
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Tiffany Kent
Apr 28, 20233 min read
Rich girl in a rat race
I loved walking to work in NYC. I loved my job at a hedge fund. We lived on 68th and 3rd and the office was on 48th and Madison. On Park...
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Tiffany Kent
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Poor Little Rich Girl
Growing up in New Canaan, CT, we were middle class. It was a time when we wore tube socks and velour sweatpants. My parents were...
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Tiffany Kent
Apr 14, 20233 min read
Grit and Grace
#Linkedin asked us what steps should be taken to boost financial literacy among younger generations. My view? Make financial literacy...
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Tiffany Kent
Apr 7, 20232 min read
Music, Money, Discipline, and Desire
From the time my 2 older daughters were three years old, I made them practice and learn the violin. As they got more advanced, the pieces...
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Tiffany Kent
Mar 31, 20233 min read
Rich Mom, Poor Mom
A year before we moved to Atlanta, we were living in Houston. I played with the idea of leaving investment management and working at a...
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Tiffany Kent
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Change of a Dress?
An episode title from Sex and The City, but I found it fitting for a recent experience. Last week I was excited. I had an appointment to...
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Tiffany Kent
Mar 10, 20232 min read
Goodwill Hunting
It was 2016, and I didn’t know what to do. I was at the beginning of a huge transition, a pivot. No longer a portfolio manager working in...
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Tiffany Kent
Mar 3, 20233 min read
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
"Down and Out in Beverly Hills," a 1986 film directed and co-written by Paul Mazursky, came out the same time we moved to Beverly Hills....
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Tiffany Kent
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Quant jock rejected
I spent hours modeling companies' financial statements as an investment banking analyst. I was chained to my desk, glued to my excel...
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Tiffany Kent
Feb 10, 20232 min read
Drama Queen
Our working lives in Connecticut were brutal. - I was on a 5:50 am train from Old Greenwich to Manhattan. - My husband drove 70 miles...
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Tiffany Kent
Feb 3, 20232 min read
Only the Paranoid Survive
I’m constantly battling between enjoying living my life now vs. worrying about my future. On the weekends, I’m: - catching up and reading...
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