This curriculum is designed to equip anyone in any life stage to pursue and attain lifelong financial wellness regardless of what they earn now or in future.
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The vision
Financial wellness is the state of being prepared, aware, comfortable with, and in control of not only how you set up and spend money, but also how you participate in this economy such that you earn the best you can now; improve your earning potential; and develop financial resilience in the face of inevitable uncertainty.
The architecture
Pillar 01 / 04
Whether in school, work, or entrepreneurship - being passive is a dangerous posture with long-term consequences. That’s why, before we ever discuss money, career or business, we first tackle the learner’s mindset to deepen their self-awareness and engender a bias for thoughtful action.
Pillar 02 / 04
Just as with bodily hygiene, there are habits that keep us financially healthy. Ideally, these are habits needed by every adult well before they earn money. Thankfully, it is never too late to improve one’s hygiene and learn how to manage the comings and goings of money - no matter the amount
Pillar 03 / 04
Education and career choices can have an outsized impact - positive or negative - on one’s earnings. Refining school educations into in-demand skills has always required deliberate structure, guidance and practice. That is the crux of each course that comprises this pillar of our curriculum.
Pillar 04 / 04
Leveling up financially typically involves entrepreneurship or a demonstrated ability to efficiently and successfully manage projects. This final pillar is designed to help learners develop operational checklists, avoid predictable pitfalls, and build the business muscles that will serve them for years to come.
Level Up — It is a set of two separate hands-on workshops.
MAGNET
The Money Brain curriculum is built on the MAGNET Learning Framework. The MAGNET framework shows up in every course as well as in your guided discussions if you are taking this in a facilitated class format. MAGNET is an acronym.
What prevailing or limiting beliefs about topics in the course do you need to address or reframe in order to be successful?
What prevailing or limiting beliefs about topics in the course do you need to address or reframe in order to be successful?
What exercise or activity can demonstrate to you where you stand as it relates to the topic at hand?
Based on the outcome of your assessment, what short- or long-term goals can or should you set for yourself?
What might be the impact to your net worth in the coming years if you choose to pursue or not pursue the uncovered in your assessment?
There is a cost to pursuing goals. Learning new skills costs both time and money. To reap the net worth benefits envisioned, each course invites you to consider and articulate what needs to change about how you spend time and/or money?
There is no magic to it, you cannot improve what you are not measuring. Courses in this curriculum leverage various mechanisms to encourage you to put these lessons into practice well after the course has ended.
Learning in action
See how actual Money Brain activities connect individual learning to the structured group experiences organizations can deliver.
Activity 6 places teams with different spending personalities in a structured negotiation and peer-judged simulation.
Students receive the activity instructions, exercises, assessments, and reflection materials relevant to the learning experience.
The institutional value is not merely access to lessons. It is the curriculum, its reusable learning activities, and the resources to deliver them.
For organizations ↗How Money Brain is delivered
Public lessons establish the foundation. Practice, workshops, and licensed delivery help people and organizations apply the curriculum.
Watch complete lessons freely and follow the student Practice Track as materials are released.
Explore all courses ↗Individuals join facilitated experiences, simulations, and workshops with other learners.
Explore workshops ↗Organizations administer the curriculum with their own facilitators using licensed student and facilitator resources.
For organizations ↗Organizations commission Money Brain to coordinate and facilitate workshops and structured cohort experiences.
Explore managed delivery ↗Sponsored programs can help banks, employers, foundations, and other institutions fund educational experiences for the communities they serve.
THE MONEY BRAIN CURRICULUM