Call for Lifetime Acheivement Award Nominations

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Each year at the NJCFE Statewide Financial Literacy Symposium, NJCFE bestows the honor of the Muriel Siebert Lifetime Achievement award to a worthy nominee. This winner is nominated by the membership and is a person who has dedicated their life to the development of financial literacy in any way that is meaningful and impactful. It is time once again to open nominations for this award. Nominees will be considered for final selection by the NJCFE Board of Directors.

Please follow the link below to nominate a worthy candidate.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LifeimeAchievementAward

Nominations close on September 7, 2012.

Did You Know?

Recently Arthur C. Brooks wrote an article in the Op-Ed Section of the Wall Street Journal in which he recalled the now famous 1972 Stamford psychologist who did an ingenious experiment. He placed a marshmallow in front of young children and told them if they wait fifteen minutes before eating the marshmallow they would receive a second one as a reward. Thus, for the investment of fifteen minutes they could have two marshmallows instead of one. About two thirds of the children failed the experiment as they desired immediate gratification and gobbled up the single marshmallow right away. What are we doing to teach our children to save?