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Cody Berman is one of those people who has such an interesting story and drive towards financial independence– at 22 years old!

After reading Tim Ferriss’ book The 4 Hour Workweek, Cody started to craft his plan to turning an area he had a lot of passion and knowledge into a business. He grew up with financially savvy parents and continued making great decisions by going to an in-state college, and continually boosting his savings rate to help him reach financial independence.

In this episode we talk about his disc golf company, tips for creating a physical product, living in Australia for a period of time, travel hacking tips, short term side hustles, and transitioning form side hustle to full time hustle.

Resources

Cody’s Website
The FI Show– Cody’s Co-hosted Podcast

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Jennifer– “Raised credit score by 100+ points over the last year.” #moneywin

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As a former criminal defense lawyer Wendy has always a desire to help others experiencing difficult circumstances.  However, after adopting four boys and increasing her family of four to eight, Wendy realized she could not serve both her clients and her children in the way they both deserved.  So, in October of 2018 she retired her law practice to be a full time work-at-home mom. She now hosts the House of Fi podcast, where the mission is to inspire and encourage families of all shapes and demographics achieve financial independence.  She and her co-host Timika strive to teach their listeners how to become debt free, build wealth, and increase incomes through entrepreneurship and side-hustles.  

In this episode we talk about Wendy’s experience with foster adoption, the ups and emotional downs of adoptions, costs associated with adopting and ways to navigate the financial impact of adoptions.

Resources

Wendy’s Podcast

Wendy’s Website

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Lindsey– “We finally paid off our credit card debt. We always said we couldn’t afford to expand our family until after we paid off debt, and now we are in a good financial position to do that.” #moneywin

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Elle Drouin is a NYC-based product stylist + photographer, marketing strategist, crazy dog mom, and lover of all things pink.

After years working as a marketing director for a fashion startup, she launched her business to help female entrepreneurs build hugely successful brands, that are also drop dead gorgeous.

When she’s not styling and shooting photos for the Styled Stock Society, she is creating custom imagery for beauty and lifestyle brands – and in her “free” time, she’s the social media director for her Instagram-famous pup @mochiandthecity (who Elle claims is far more popular than she’ll ever be)!

In this episode we talk about her background as an advisor, growing an account to over 106,000 followers for her dog Mochi, how she used Mochi’s account to get paid gig and trips, monetizing Instagram accounts, growing a stock photography membership, her incredible way of structuring her work week.

Resources

Elle’s Website
Mochi’s Instagram

Learn more about her stock photography website- Styled Stock Society

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Allie– “I didn’t eat out at all or stop by the store to pick up that one little thing since NYE. It’s only been 4/5 days but it feels great to go into a new week with all groceries eaten (I surveyed my pantry and fridge before going to the gym and then the grocery – spent about $22) and the same money in my bank account!! Here’s to hoping for another #nospending week!!” #moneywin

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Denise Dudley is a professional trainer and keynote speaker, author, business consultant, and founder and former CEO of SkillPath Seminars, the largest public training company in the world, which provides 18,000 seminars per year, and has trained over 12 million people across the globe.

Denise holds a Ph.D. in behavioral psychology, a hospital administrator’s license, a preceptor for administrators-in-training license, and is licensed to provide training to medical professionals in the United States and Canada.

She’s the author of Nightingale-Conant’s best-selling audio series, “Making Relationships Last.” and Work It!Get In, Get Noticed, Get Promoted, a simple, direct roadmap for career readiness and professional success.

In this episode we talk about her career as a sought after speaker, tips to becoming a better speaker/communicator, how to prevent yourself from sounding canned when presenting, what your body language is actually saying about you, being very aware of up-speaking and much more.

Resources

Denise’s Website

Grab a copy of her book.

#MoneyWins

Brittany – “So I haven’t been having as much luck with FB marketplace lately and randomly FB recommend the Mercari app. It has been great. Everything is shipped so no meet up issues. Within a week I have sold 3 items with really no time commitment other than to post a picture and package the product and made $60!” #moneywin

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This is our final week for the #Last30Days Challenge! And this week we are focusing on our habits.

Enjoy!

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