Get Smart with Money

If you don't care about your finances, just want to complain about not having money and do nothing about it, read the negative reviews and you will find lots of sympathy.

If you do, watch the documentary and pick up what could be used for your own life's scenario.

In terms of the quality of the documentary, you have to realize that you won't learn from anybody how do deal with your personal finances because as the name suggests, they are personal. What this video does is teach you about financial literacy, and in this category I have to say it's one of the best out there. From the get go I was skeptic on for how long they would follow up on the various cases they show, since in financial literacy it doesn't work to just give someone advice and expect everything to go smoothly. So following up until one year later is a reasonable amount of time to get an ideia of how its working out.

To really show you how to get better with money in a film, they would have to follow these people 24/7 for 5 years, so you realize what the mindset around good financial decisions is.

What they have done instead is give you some examples for you to look into financial literacy a bit more in depth if you think it makes sense for you.

They should do more documentaries like this, even if it just helps a couple of people at a time.

Okay, so what I believe is this is movie made for beginners who are having difficulties or may be struggling in their jobs like me or may be they are made for something else in their profession so the people commenting bad or negatively about this may be at different level of their financial freedom. For me It was Okay movie because I already figured out my future income source before watching this movie just got pumped up by watching this that am on right path.

So big congratulations to people who already have figured out their profession and already at next level of their financial freedom.

Cheers to all!

The good:

• It is well edited. Especially the intro I found.

• It has a few good, but general advice like only spend money on what you need and try making your interest or what you are good at your job and maximise your earnings that way, focus on cutting costs on the big thing first like housing and invest on a regular basis on an index fund (the last one is a great advice IMO. I generally use ETF's in a world based index with a low monthly fee).

The bad:

• One adviser recommends doing side hustles and gig work. Surely this point must be sponsored by big business. Maybe you could in the short term work extra to pay of dept, but it should not be a long term plan. Also if your regular work pays better than gig work then do more hours if possibly at your regular job.

• The documentary seems very setup and controlled. I wouldn't be surprised if many were paid actors and a lot of the footage was reshot many times to make a polished and visually nice looking documentary.

• A lot of emotional fluff. I am not American so I am not used to all these emotional segments in TV shows and documentaries.

My recommendation: Not a must see, but if you do watch it do it so sped up 1,5x and be ready to use the skip 10 seconds button. Especially during the emotional fluff bits.

An inch of action will always take you further than miles of good intentions. This movie has great information, and those who apply the lessons not only invest in themselves, they also benefit those important to them.

Trust the process, and do the work. Success is from habit and repeatable process on the journey of mastery.

The good news is that we are not our past, and every day we have an opportunity to make better choices and do the work needed, to bring us closer to experiencing our ideal life.

Anything that helps you have more time to do what you want, when you want, where you want, how you want and with whom you want, is a good thing 👍

In a world of nearly limitless possibilities and scenarios that will affect ones personal finances, this documentary follows a select few individuals with different stories of their own.

Get Smart with Money is aimed at the most basic level of personal finance but it also tries to relate to as many income levels as possible.

If you follow your finances closely and manage your money well then this documentary is only going to serve as pure entertainment for you, as it did for me. There are no new or groundbreaking ideas shared within this hour and a half long video. It was interesting to see the lives of various individuals at different stages in their careers but nearly the same level of knowledge about personal finance.

If you are lost in your personal finance journey then this is a good starting point. Latch on to one, two, or all of these financial advisors and learn more than what is shared in the documentary. They only lay out the foundation on what you need to do to fully experience a life changing financial mindset.

This documentary definitely worth watching by anyone who enjoys listening to personal finances stories, however, if you are actively against the basic fundamentals then you will be annoyed at the advice given. Typically, the people who I see getting annoyed at basic advice have an unrealistic expectation on the rest of society and cannot see who the targeted audience is. Just because something isn't for you, doesn't mean it's bad for the masses.