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Category: Blindness or Low Vision
Welcome to our blindness or low vision category, where everything is created from a blindness perspective. Penny Forward is a nonprofit organization founded and led by blind people, driven by the belief that financial independence is truly for everyone. Here, you’ll find articles, podcast episodes, and workshop recordings—all designed to help both the blind and sighted communities achieve their financial goals. Explore this section to gain insights and practical advice on building financial , regardless of your level of vision.
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Podcast: The Fear Factor
Does fear hold you back? When opportunities come up throughout our lives we don’t always take them because we’re afraid. Whether we’re afraid of failure, or afraid of success, that fear can hold us back from achieving our highest potential. This week, 2022 American Council Of The Blind JPMorgan Chase Leadership Fellow Byron Lee returns…
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Wednesday Workshop: Achieving Our Goals
This was the third call focusing on the SMART (specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time-driven) framework for defining and achieving our financial goals. This we focused on actions we can take to get started, keep going, and cross the finish line to achieve our goals. Next week we’ll be discussing why we believe our goals are…
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Podcast: Where No Blind Actor Has Gone Before Part 2
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak.  Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
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Wednesday Workshop: Wrestling With What-Ifs
This week we followed up on some concerns brought up on last week’s call about wrestling with “what-ifs” and introduced the “SMART” framework for defining goals. Each member defined a goal and we spent a short time finding a way to make it more specific. Next week we’ll be talking about how to define measurements…
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Podcast: Where No Blind Actor Has Gone Before Part 1
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak.  Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
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Wednesday Workshop: Turning What-Ifs Into An Action Plan
This week we talked about wrestling with “what-ifs”. When ever we encounter something new, our brains are wired to think about what could go wrong. This is a healthy instinct when we use it productively, but it can often hold us back by making us unreasonably afraid to make a change. We talked about some…
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Podcast: One Step Forward, One Step Back?
Have you ever worked hard for a goal, only to have something come up that set you back and made your hard work seem wasted? Setbacks occur throughout our lives and being prepared to deal with them is an important part of setting yourself up for success. In this episode, you’ll learn some strategies for…
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Wednesday Workshop: Changing Banks
On this week’s members only group chat, we talked about why changing banks might help you to control your finances. We also talked about how many banks are eliminating nonsufficient funds fees, and how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking out for us by investigating whether nonsufficient funds fees are illegal. We closed with…