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Today, we welcome Devin Thorpe with his book Building Wealth for Building the Kingdom. Devin will share with us your inspiration for the book and where you came up with the idea. Thanks for having me Rebecca, DT: In October 1998, Gordon B. Hinckley, then President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints suggested in the Church’s semi-annual General Conference that members of the Church should be preparing for the possibility of a serious economic crisis. “I want to make it very clear that I am not prophesying, that I am not predicting years of famine in the future. But I am suggesting that the time has come to get our houses in order.” My book, Building Wealth for Building the Kingdom: A Financial Planning Guide for Latter-day Saint Families, nearly fifteen years in process, presents a workable plan for accepting that challenge to “get our houses in order.” Many people, including some of the most well educated professionals, lack the financial management skills req...

Lessons Learned Loving Yourself is comprised of 10 Life Lessons in which the author expresses the positive for Loving Yourself as a Black woman. Author Tinisha Johnson tells us she came up with the idea for each chapter, the research, meditation, and/or consultation with experts that went into these lessons. She reveals how this book came through her own experience of trying to find the positive in her life? The book Lessons Learned: Loving Yourself as a Black Woman is comprised of ten life lessons which are as follows: Lesson 1: Happiness is Free and is Found Within You—It is Not Something You Go Looking For Lesson 2: Stop Trying to Control Others and Start Controlling Your Life Lesson 3: Don’t Allow Anyone to Fool You into Thinking What Your Worth is as a Black Woman Lesson 4: Set Goals, and Exercise Your Mind and Body, While Practicing Better Decision-Making Lesson 5: Smile, Thank God for What You Already Have and Keep the Hope Alive Lesson 6: Love Yourself Enough to Know if Yo...