Tag: Career

How to Stand Out In a Competitive Job Market with Rich

September 24, 2020

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Rich Jones from Paychecks & Balances. He has been working for about 12 years in recruitment and staffing in various companies and I thought it would be great to invite him on the show to discuss how one can stand out in a tough job market, especially now. We will discuss the current job market situation and Rich will provide great insights and tips for optimizing your LinkedIn profile so you can stand out as a job seeker even during these difficult times. … More How to Stand Out In a Competitive Job Market with Rich

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How to Monetize The Skills You Already Have Ethically with Michelle

June 6, 2020

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Michelle from Michelle is Money Hungry.
Michelle is a fun, driven and passionate online entrepreneur from Denver, Colorado. She has been able to develop her online business through trial and errors by monetizing her own skills. Michelle will share her inspiring story following the “Do What You Can’t” approach and we will discuss how you can monetize your current skills, what are ways to do that ethically during a pandemic and the importance of developing people skills in this digital age. Michelle will provide excellent actionable tips and takes us on a fun ride!
… More How to Monetize The Skills You Already Have Ethically with Michelle

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How Wendy chose happiness over a high paid career and slowed down her path to FI

May 19, 2020

Today we have the pleasure to have Wendy from Wanderlust Wendy. She tells her story of how she has moved from a traditional career path with high-paying job to a pursue more meaningful ventures and be more happy in general. And yes that involves slowing down her path to Financial Indepence. … More How Wendy chose happiness over a high paid career and slowed down her path to FI

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How to reach Financial Independence growing and saving your money without losing your sleep with Money Mage

May 14, 2020

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Mr. Money Mage.

He is a UK-based Personal Finance blogger on his journey to reach Financial Independence. He has a principled view on how he intends to reach this goal and to him, Financial Independence can be achieved by anyone no matter your income today or your background.

We will discuss a few of his principles and how anyone can start building his personal path to Financial Independence. We touch upon topics such as growing your income, work-life balance, his approach to investing and, on that note, we also talk about his take on P2P lending platforms. … More How to reach Financial Independence growing and saving your money without losing your sleep with Money Mage

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How to Live Your Unconventional and Wildly Wealthy Life with Kat

April 30, 2020

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Kat from the Wildly Wealthy Life podcast.

Kat is from the Philippines and came 15 years ago to the US (Los Angeles) to pursue her artist’s dream career, she is a full-on artist : She dances, she teaches piano and is an aerialist. Despite the variable and unpredictable income that comes with such a career she has still managed to get out of debt, purchase a multifamily home with her husband and she is living her wildly wealthy life!

Kat will share her inspiring story on how she started her real estate investing journey with an irregular source of income, how she budgets and how her background has played an important part in how she manages her finances. Talking about her background, we will also discuss a few cultural money differences she faced when coming to the US. … More How to Live Your Unconventional and Wildly Wealthy Life with Kat

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How to start your successful money-making side business in 2020 with Marc

April 24, 2020

Marc started a website design blog in 2007 as a side hustle and left a job he hated in 2008. Pretty fast, right? He has since been running several successful blogs over the years and has sold all of them for over 1,3 million dollars! He now mainly runs the Vital Dollar, his blog on managing money, saving money and money-making side activities.

Marc will share his story on how he managed to leave his job so fast and how he has been able to launch several other blogs since then (yes, I ask him about his secret recipes for success! 😉). We will also discuss what key aspects to look after if you are thinking of launching your own successful side hustle whether in the form of content creating or in the form “brick and mortar” type of activity. … More How to start your successful money-making side business in 2020 with Marc

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Fintech Is Reshaping the Financial Service Industry – Myth or Truth?

March 31, 2020

Advances in technology have revolutionized how the world does business. Every industry has been impacted, from imports and exports to education, to finance.

The financial service industry, in particular, has seen numerous advances and shifts in how people bank. This leaves a lot of people wondering if Fintech— financial technology— is really reshaping the financial service industry, or if that’s just a myth.  … More Fintech Is Reshaping the Financial Service Industry – Myth or Truth?

How Naza left her stable (but stressful) career and turned her life upside down completely to pursue her dreams in Asia

February 6, 2020

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Naza from Copenhagen (Denmark).

I met Naza through common friends when visiting them in Copenhagen on several occasions. We have been keeping in touch through Facebook over the years, she is a positive person and when I met her she seemed very happy and dedicated about her career. Just in November of this year, she posted on her Facebook profile that she would leave her corporate job and her happy life in the bustling Scandinavian capital to move to Asia to pursue her dreams of becoming a licensed yoga teacher, to teach English to underprivileged Thai children and open her yoga school in Bali! That was quite a surprise to me but I was very happy for her at the same time.
Naza will share her story and lessons with us on the show and even if you are not planning to change your life in such an extreme way, there are some great takeaways from the conversation for all of us!  … More How Naza left her stable (but stressful) career and turned her life upside down completely to pursue her dreams in Asia

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Get more out of your LinkedIn profile and negotiate your salary like a pro with Alisa

January 27, 2020

No matter where you are in your career, there will always be a point where you will look at changing jobs, changing industries, climbing up the corporate ladder or you will “simply” look at negotiating your salary/compensation package. I recently met with my friend Alisa from CVeksperten.no and she kindly agreed to shoot a short video on how to stand out on LinkedIn since it is the largest professional network and we also discuss the importance of negotiating your salary and give some practical tips. Her tips are absolute gold! … More Get more out of your LinkedIn profile and negotiate your salary like a pro with Alisa