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b'Today\'s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast interview is Alison Pena, a lady who ever since she was 15 years old has been fascinated with how money and affluence has so much to do with our view of what\\u2019s possible. \\xa0 In her own words she says "My dad was a 3rd generation Wall Street investment banker. My great-grandfather was one of White Weld & Co\'s founders. We lived in an apartment on Park Avenue. The family firm was sold to Merrill Lynch in 1978. \\xa0 We regularly hosted influential financial and world leaders for dinner parties and social gatherings. \\xa0I attended a well-heeled private all girls\\u2019 school, as you do when you\\u2019re part of that world. \\xa0 But when I was 15, I began regularly leaving my white, wealthy, privileged world\\u2026 and setting off on what can only be described of as \\u201cexpeditions.\\u201d \\xa0 Back then, it meant heading north of 96th Street (the northernmost boundary of my known world) into Harlem. \\xa0 Until that point, my world was Park Avenue and bankers, Latin and piano lessons, nannies and au pairs. \\xa0 And then I started making friends who showed me a whole other world. \\xa0 I came from a world where anything was possible, because there was plenty of money. I could have any career. I could go to any school. I could shape my life into whatever I chose. \\xa0 In contrast, my friends had different expectations. Different obligations. Different ideas about security. Different opportunities. \\xa0 And a lot of that had to do with money. \\xa0 This observation got me wondering\\u2026 Why does money have so much to do with our view of what\\u2019s possible? \\xa0 So I suppose the question is, does money have as much to do with confidence and mindset, or is it just a tool for making ideas happen? \\xa0 Is it the key to attracting more money into our lives, not because of it directly, but because we can make things happen and go after it? \\xa0 Well let\\u2019s bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs with the one and only Alison Pena'