We call our basic learning approach the "Sitting With Wisdom Method."

  The idea comes from the experience of sitting down with an OG, elder, mentor, teacher, or wise and experienced person.

  When you have an opportunity to sit with someone who possesses knowledge and experience, your first responsibility is to listen.

• You must be attentive.

• You must pay attention to what is being said.

• You must be willing to receive the information before you can understand it, apply it, or pass it to someone else.

  The Financial Literacy From Scratch course creates a modern opportunity for someone to sit with wisdom.

  The learner does not have to be in the same physical room with Professor G. Through the videos, they can still sit down, listen, receive the information, think about what was said, and begin applying it to their life.

  We encourage people to treat every short lesson like completing a repetition in the gym.

• Five minutes today.

• Seven minutes tomorrow.

• Ten minutes another day.

  Every time a person sits down and listens, they complete another learning repetition. As those repetitions accumulate, their understanding becomes stronger.

  The "Sitting With Wisdom Method" can be summarized through four actions:

• LISTEN.

  Give the lesson your attention and receive the information being shared.

• DISCUSS.

  Talk about what you heard. Ask what the learner thought and what they understood from the lesson.

• APPLY.

  Use the website, workbook, or a real-life example to put the information into practice.

• SHARE.

  Introduce the information to the next person and continue the cycle.

  No single person and no single organization can reach everybody.

  However, all of us can help echo the same message.

• We have created the information.

• We have organized it into short, digestible lessons.

• We have made it accessible online.

• We have developed practical financial tools.

• We have created an optional workbook to support comprehension and application.

• We have also created a character-development resource to help people understand the principles required to use the information responsibly.

  Now we need help circulating it.

• We are not asking parents, educators, mentors, or organizations to recreate financial education from the ground up.

• We are asking them to help us circulate the financial education we have already created.

• If you are a parent, sit down and watch a lesson with your child.

• If you are an educator, introduce a lesson to your students.

• If you are a mentor, discuss the information with the young people you serve.

• If you lead an organization, help us place the information in front of your community.

• If you understand a lesson, share it with someone who may not have received that information before.

• You do not have to purchase the workbook to participate. You do not have to teach the entire course yourself. You do not need to be a financial expert.

• You only need to be willing to introduce the information, encourage someone to listen, and begin a conversation about what they learned.

  Our vision is simple:

• We share the information with you.

• You share it with the next person.

• They share it with someone else.

• That is how the information travels.

• That is how understanding grows.

• That is how we begin closing the financial-education gap.

• And that is how we begin strengthening households and communities—one lesson, one conversation, and one person at a time.

LEARN IT. UNDERSTAND IT. APPLY IT. SHARE IT.