Per My Last Email
Per My Last Email
Morning Brew
The Biggest Money Mistakes of Our Careers – and How You Can Avoid Them
34 minutes Posted Jan 26, 2026 at 11:00 am.
Intro
A big wake-up call money moment in Kaila’s life
Kyle’s big wake-up call money moment
Kaila’s experience with lifestyle creep
An important salary negotiation in Kyle’s career
Learning to how to spend based on your values
Structuring your compensation
How Kaila and Kyle structure their savings and personal finances
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle get into personal finance—the money lessons they learned the hard way throughout their careers, and how they approach managing their savings, investments, and spending now.
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!