After over a year of quarantine and as countries and places start to welcome more visitors, you may be starting to plan trips. You may already have a list of where you’re going to travel. You’ll definitely want to listen to this episode of the podcast where I speak with Lee Huffman of Bald thoughts about tips to use credit card rewards to travel for less. Listen and subscribe: iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify Lee Huffman, Bald Thoughts I used to work in corporate finance for a regional bank in Los Angeles. When it was made clear that it was time to leave, I quit my $200,00 ..read more

One of the main things that prevents people from consistently budgeting is how they perceive a budget. A budget is often looked that as a way to restrict spending or spend less money. However, a budget is simply a plan for your spending. The budget is a major piece of the plan to achieve financial goals. Is the plot of where your money should go in order to make progress with financial goals. Budgeting does take some practice to get it right and, in the beginning, as in when you start using a budget or trying to become consistent with using a budget, a lot of questions will come up. There wil ..read more

  In this episode Atiya Brown, The Savvy Accountant shares: the most common mistake new entrepreneurs make with finances what documents entrepreneurs should track for taxes the best tools to track items for business records the most important items to track to avoid problems with taxes personal finance tips for entrepreneurs money management tips to better your credit the most important tip to get business credit Listen and subscribe: iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify Atiya Brown, The Savvy Accountant Atiya S. Brown aka The Savvy Accountant is a CPA, CA, and a Certified Financia ..read more

I’ve debated with others if a person who is working on mastering their money should be focused on cutting costs and decreasing expenses or increasing income. This is a question or debate have seen play out online as well. In this episode, we are going to talk about which one is the best way to increase financial fitness: cutting costs or increasing income. Listen and subscribe: iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify Resources Mentioned: WISE Financial Fitness WISE Financial Fitness is filled with personal finance and business courses, protocols, and resources to increase your financial fitn ..read more

With the pandemic and quarantines, we had to transition to doing almost everything at home. We had to rethink a lot of activities and normal protocols for doing things. This also applies to how we deal with our money and business or side hustle. In this episode, we’re going to discuss how the rules or common procedures around personal finance and business have shifted or changed. Things that you will need to do for financial and business success. Listen and subscribe: iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify Resources Mentioned: The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko Th ..read more

Listen and subscribe: iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify Bevin Morgan is a financial wellness coach providing community and accountability to Black women who are ready to step into financial confidence and abundance.   She has paid off over $200,000 of debt to become debt free. She currently owns two duplexes and is planning to buy six additional units over the next two years. She has made several job and career changes and is currently building a successful business as she works full-time. Her relationship with money has helped her live a life of purpose and ease despite the fact ..read more

Listen and subscribe: iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify The entrepreneur roller coaster may have been crazier than normal for the past 12 months. No one really foresaw such craziness was going to happen. However, it’s a matter of time before a recession hits. You can take steps to make it through the current downturn and to make sure you’ll weather a recession successfully. In this episode, you’ll learn eleven strategic tips and actions to recession-proof your business. These tips apply whether you’re a service or product-based business. Resources Mentioned: WISE Budget Box Go from “I ..read more

Listen and subscribe: iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify   In this episode, I discuss important financial status indicators you should review before drafting your financial goals. Get clear on your real status and determine which financial goals should be top priority to increase financial fitness.   Resources Mentioned: WISE Money Challenge Tips to Save and Earn More Money Ebook where I include over 100 side hustle resources in 10 categories. This book also contains in-detail 22 specific actionable tips to save or earn more money. It’s set up as a challenge to get you to take an action each ..read more

In this episode I have an enlightening interview with the empowering seamstress Charon Richardson. She reveals how she left her job in corporate to pursue… The post POM010: Leaving Corporate to Empower through Fashion with Charon Richardson appeared first on Pocket of Money, LLC ..read more

In this episode, we’re going to discuss getting back on track by creating real goals. You have to get crystal clear on your destination aka… The post POM007: Financial Goal Setting for Success appeared first on Pocket of Money, LLC ..read more