Deep Pockets & Stilettos

In today's episode, we're tackling a question that many people grapple with: Do you need a financial advisor? While it may appear like an easy fix for your financial problems, there are a lot of things to know before hiring a financial advisor. 
That's where this episode of Deep Pockets & Stilettos comes in. We're breaking down the topic into three key parts– the basics, the pros and cons, and how to find the right financial advisor for you. 

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 For this episode, I chose the subject of goal setting because the beginning of the year is a great opportunity for a lot of people to reflect on their lives and where they want to go. This is timely for the New Year but do not forget you can decide to do this at any point in time.

In this episode, I provide a clear method that allows you to reflect on your ambitions and what happened in the past year in every area of your life so you can design your dream life.

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In this episode of Deep Pockets & Stilettos, we discuss a very important topic and that is Money In Relationships which is often something that couples overlook: we talk about children, where we want to live, our main goals in life but not really the nitty-gritty of how we are going to manage our money as a couple to lay out a good foundation for our future.

So the question that is on everyone’s lips is: are there rules to this? The short answer is no. Every relationship is unique and it’s up to you and your partner to decide what works best for the both of you.

That said, there are a couple of “best practices” that you can observe when getting into the money topic with your spouse or partner.

So in this episode, we’ll go over the why, the when and the how to address finances in a relationship. We’ll finish off by taking a deeper look at common situations such as what to do when one partner is the main breadwinner of the household and why household chores should not be overlooked in your couple's money conversation. 

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It's no news to anyone that US  is a great country to build success in business and in life. There is this je ne sais quoi energy and confidence going around that allows you to trust yourself and that your dreams can come true. 
Indeed, the American Dream is still very much alive and in this episode, I give my perspective as a foreigner on 5 Things I Have Learnt About Money, Business And Success While Living In The US.

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Do You Need An Emergency Fund? And if so, how much do you need saved up? 3 months , 6 months,  12 months? The thing is, it’s not a cookie cutter approach and the only way to find out what works for you is to be introspective and find a number that won’t prevent you from sleeping at night. 

So in today’s episode I go over a quick 3 step method to a set up an emergency fund tailored to your needs:

1. Define what would constitute an emergency in your life 
2. Questions you should ask yourself that will determine a number that works for you for your emergency fund 
3. Research HYSA, open your account and set up automatic deposits 

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Do you think about every professional opportunity through the scalability lens? What about your network? Are you generally focused or scattered? Consistent or inconsistent? 

Being intentional about what you do with your time, effort and mind is an essential part of achieving success in life. In today's episode, we dive deep into 3 habits that have helped the 1% reach the top and how you can implement them in your life today:

1. Thinking about scalability: evaluating professional and business opportunities through the lens of scale
2. The importance of network: not only actively expanding your network but also taking a hard look at who you spend your time with and how do these people make you feel
3. Focus and consistency: dedicating yourself to one career or business at a time and putting in consistent effort over and over to achieve superior results in that chosen path

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In today's episode, we'll get into a topic that seems to be of interest for everyone and that is to retire early. Should we all aim at retiring early? More than chasing a fixed number that would get us to early retirement, this question allows us to reconsider the place of work in our life and more specifically how we allocate our time.

The freedom that early retirement procures is actually more about having agency over your time than a mere rejection of work.

We'll get into:

- the FIRE movement  
- its key principles including the 4% rule and the rule of 25, frugality and more
- 3 steps you can take on your journey to live your life with more intentionality and get to retire early if that's what you want 

Resources mentioned:

- The Trinity Study: https://www.aaii.com/files/pdf/6794_retirement-savings-choosing-a-withdrawal-rate-that-is-sustainable.pdf

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Today's episode is my very first personal finance book review. My goal with these book reviews is to give you a good overview of the content of the book and condense it in a digestible format because I understand that not everyone has time to read personal finance books on top of their busy schedules.  

Today, we'll talk about the classic New York Times Bestseller, I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi. 

The episode will be divided into 3 parts: 

1. First, I’ll give you a quick introduction of the author
2. Then I'll get into the nitty-gritty of what the book is about and what you can learn from it
3. And finally I will share 3 takeaways that you can implement in your life 

Thank you for listening!

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Today I have an episode for you about a topic that has been coming up a lot in my work and personal life lately. Every time I speak with a friend, no matter the country, no matter the industry, it seems like everyone is just so fed up with where they’re at in terms of career and feeling a sense of hopelessness, like there is no way forward.
It's that very specific yet nameless feeling that you are in a rut or as if something was wrong with you and it seems like nothing can get you out of this funk.

These feelings can really impact your mood, motivation and how you show up at work so in today's episode we'll look at 3 things you can do to get you out of this rut and help you move forward. 
 
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Today’s episode is the second part of the 2 part series on Budgeting and Tips to stick to it. In this show, we go over 5 tips  from concrete actions you can take today to tools that can help you analyze your behavior and become more introspective about why you wanted to budget in the first place. These tips can help fuel your motivation to stay on budget and work your discipline and delayed-gratification muscles that will be beneficial for many aspects of your life outside your finances. 
 
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