If You're Working Hard & Still Can't Get Ahead, Watch This | Tiffany Aliche

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November 9, 2026

Duration

1h 8m

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Lewis Howes

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• Recommended for you: https://youtu.be/xmCbBaWf0E8 Money can buy back your time, but it can't buy back the people you lose. Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista and author of Get Good with Money, sat down with Lewis to share how a preschool teacher who was "perfect with money" ended up around $300,000 in debt. A friend talked her into a $35,000 credit card cash advance for an investment that never paid out, and then the 2008 recession took her teaching job. She explains post-traumatic broke syndrome, why she sat on $1 million in savings while driving a car that wouldn't start, and how her biggest year, $10 million, was also her unhappiest. When her husband died suddenly of a brain aneurysm, everything changed. She worked less, cut back the team, moved her family close by, and found what her therapist calls the gift of grief. You'll also hear why shame shields solutions, why she calls her audience "financial diabetics", and the one question to ask before you give anyone money: does it actually solve the problem? Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole https://www.amazon.com/Get-Good-Money-Becoming-Financially/dp/0593232747 Take the Get Good with Money quiz https://getgoodwithmoneyquiz.com Tiffany Aliche on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thebudgetnista/ Listen to this episode on the go! 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-school-of-greatness/id596047499 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07GQhOZboEZOE1ysnFLipT?si=a03d916bade54d4f For more info about this episode, go to https://lewishowes.com/2004 💰 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "Make Money Easy" today!https://lewishowes.com/moneyyou 📙 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "The Greatness Mindset" today! https://lewishowes.com/gmyo 📤 sign up for my FREE newsletter https://lewishowes.com/greatnessdelivered Follow Lewis! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LewisHowes 💻 Website: http://lewishowes.com/ 📲 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Get More Greatness! Greatness Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvR7QkSlCxuzAITcs99-G6Q Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFCK798jsVokM5oRvBi9asA Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9C3oh80tcKPmDdwwKjXHFg Lewis Howes Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@lewishowesshorts 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - From preschool teacher to money expert 02:20 - How she got scammed into $300K of debt 05:05 - Losing her job in the recession 06:17 - Five years to dig her way out 08:59 - Post-traumatic broke syndrome 11:42 - $1 million saved & still afraid to spend 13:08 - Her $10M year was her unhappiest 14:49 - Losing her husband without warning 18:17 - The gift of grief 21:13 - The mindset shift to take control of money 24:00 - Searching for corrective experiences 26:09 - The biggest money challenge right now 29:08 - Why shame shields solutions 31:35 - The wealth rules rich people know 33:34 - Make a plan before money arrives 35:42 - Knowledge, access & community 37:27 - Willpower & your future self 39:56 - Healing your younger self 40:48 - Be a paper towel person 41:57 - Beating comparison 44:02 - Why most ultra-wealthy people aren't happy 45:35 - Working herself sick 47:54 - Money won't fix emotional problems 49:05 - Center what brings you joy 50:57 - Buying back your time 51:50 - Why she won't sell credit cards 52:54 - Her vision for 2027 53:48 - Normalizing money conversations 55:51 - Giving money to friends & family 1:00:08 - When people push back on your no 1:01:50 - The Get Good with Money quiz & challenge 1:04:59 - The 3 truths 1:05:45 - What is greatness? ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com #greatness #inspiration #motivation

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Tiffany Aliche

  guest

  Personal finance educator known as “The Budgetnista” and author of Get Good With Money.

• Lewis Howes

  host

  Podcast host and interviewer (Lewis Howes) who runs the show and leads the closing questions/segments.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lewis Howes, featuring Tiffany Aliche and Lewis Howes, If You're Working Hard & Still Can't Get Ahead, Watch This | Tiffany Aliche explores From debt and shame to aligned wealth, joy, and connection Tiffany Aliche explains how she went from being “financially perfect” to accumulating major debt after trusting a friend’s get-rich-quick promise and then losing her job during the recession.

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