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It might seem like a reaaaaaaaaally boring topic, but your credit score is actually pretty handy to be aware of. Your credit score essentially tells banks and other lenders how much to trust you. If you have a poor score, they’re either refuse to lend to you, or they’ll charge you more to …
Episode #6 – How To Safely Build Your Credit ScoreRead More »
Ok I’ve had enough now – I’ve read one too many blog posts that starts with a title resembling something like this – “I Paid Off $100,000 Of Student Debt In 12 Months – Read How I Did It So You Can Too”. To try this out yourself – go to pinterest and …
The Reality Behind Those “I Paid Off….X From My Student Loan” PostsRead More »
Jerome Rogers was a 19 year old man from Croydon who took his own life in 2016 after amassing debts he couldn’t afford to pay. His story was dramatically shown by the BBC in July 2018 in a documentary called “Killed By My Debt”. In this program, we see how Jerome gets a job as …
Killed By My Mindset – Why I Think The Internet Is To Blame For Jerome’s DeathRead More »
In this episode I talk mindset with Avril Gill – a life coach from Newlands Personal Development. Our money mindset is the biggest reason why we stay broke – we just find it so hard to get out of our “patterns” of behaviour, and consistently overspend, don’t save, and remain in debt. Good …
Episode #3 – Your Money And Your Mind With Avril GillRead More »
So you’ve been stuck in a rut for a while with work. You’re no longer enjoying it, and the path you have chosen perhaps isn’t shaping up like you thought. Join the club! I felt like this too before I left my job in obstetrics and gynaecology. I realised that it no longer …
Stuck In A Rut? Here Are Some Things To Do To Land Your Dream Job!Read More »
Literally 1 year ago today, I released my first blog – A shoe isn’t “just a shoe”, the trap of emotional spending. And what a year it has been. I wanted to mark the occasion by writing about how it has all gone so far and perhaps lay out a few “home truths” …
In this post, I want to highlight one of the most amazing things that I think everyone must add to their “money MDT“: ASSETS (aka investments) Now why do I want to highlight this? Because this is the only thing that will ensure you can gather together enough money to have a …
Building Assets: What Are They And Why Should I Want Them?Read More »
The MDT I was sat in an MDT meeting yesterday, and I had a sudden realisation – how I manage my money is how exactly like how an MDT runs and I wanted to tell you about it (yes, I am always thinking about you and your money!). For those of you who …
The Money “MDT” – The Connection Between Patient Centred Care, Money And BalanceRead More »
On social media these days, there seems to be endless numbers of people who are striving for “The Lifestyle”- retire really early from the J-O-B, travel the world and have tonnes of cash to buy whatever you want (like a car, a rolex and a huge mansion). I blame celebrities like Kim Kardashian …
So this week, I was having a discussion with my work colleagues, and the topic of instant gratification came up. We were looking at the choices we had made in our profession, and came to some interesting conclusions. We decided that on the whole, individuals who liked quick wins went into areas such …
Instant Gratification or Long Term Goals? Can You Have Both?Read More »