# 488: Sodas and Financial Literacy

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2025-06-27
- Length: 1h 04m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/488-sodas-and-financial-literacy

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss adapting to extreme weather while working on physical projects, including Bob’s boot go-kart and David’s modular walnut coffee table. The conversation shifts to financial literacy and generational money habits, with Bob sharing stories of his father’s frugality and Jimmy discussing his own overcompensation with sodas and sugar cereals. They reflect on how childhood scarcity or abundance shapes adult spending, citing books like Rich Dad Poor Dad and personal experiences with tools and home improvement.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy#t=0) Introduction: Weather and Birthdays
- [5:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy#t=321) Bob’s White Oak Boxes and Boot Go-Kart
- [9:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy#t=578) Jimmy’s Trench Digging and Pool Work
- [14:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy#t=871) David’s Modular Walnut Coffee Table
- [18:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy#t=1130) Adapting to Heat and Cold in Workshops
- [34:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy#t=2074) Construction Crews and Weather Extremes
- [41:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy#t=2464) Financial Literacy and Generational Money Habits
- [55:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-06-27-488-sodas-and-financial-literacy#t=3300) Sodas, Cereals, and Teaching Kids

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## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Boot Go-Kart (product)
- Modular Coffee Table (product)
- Walnut (material)
- White Oak (material)
- Rich Dad Poor Dad (other)
- Logosol (company)
- Landman (other)
- Dino Bites (product)

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