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August 20 7 Unsexy Habits That Made Me a Millionaire
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For the girlies looking to get their finances sorted this summer... I have something very special for you!
This summer I'm helping you clear debts, stack your savings and start making real money, if you want in, join my virtual Wealthy Weekend Retreat.
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This week I'm breaking down the 7 unsexy habits that make women wealthy.
I've been lucky enough to speak to some of the most successful women in business - Emma Grede, Grace Beverley and Conna Walker - and trust me when I say the women who become millionaires have mastered the art of doing things that are VERY unsexy. Because if you do what only 1% of people are willing to do, you'll get what only 1% of people have.
I left a career in investment banking to build a multi-7-figure business, and I've seen first hand that hard work alone isn't enough anymore. It takes a whole new set of habits. Stay until the end, because you'll be surprised how simple some of these are.
In this video I break down:
1. Why wealthy women check their accounts obsessively — and the 8 accounts I personally run
2. The "buy cheap, buy twice" trap and why owning fewer, better things saves you thousands
3. How talking about actual numbers out loud makes you better with money in real life
4. Buying freedom before luxury: the delegation maths that changes everything
5. The exact script I use to negotiate bills and salary - and why the silence after matters most
6. Why net worth beats salary, and the reason almost 30% of £100k earners still can't cover their bills
7. The small print habit that quietly saves you hundreds every single year
Timestamps:
2:08 - Habit 1
3:07 - Habit 2
3:46 - Habit 3
4:46 - Habit 4
5:13 - Habit 5
6:02 - Habit 6
6:49 - Habit 7
Let me know in the comments which habit stood out to you the most!
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12 min
August 13 Why Summer is the Perfect Season to Fix Your Finances
For the girlies looking to get their finances sorted this summer...
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5 ways to use summer to get ahead with your money, so by winter you're feeling sorted while everyone else is panicking.
Summer is genuinely the best season to fix your finances, and here's why. Every year I watch people scramble in November and December trying to get their balance in order. I don't want that to be you. In the summer months you're in a lighter, freer headspace, which makes it the perfect time to catch up on the financial admin you've been avoiding all year.
I'm sharing the 5 money moves I'd make right now, including how to work out your December number and why your pension might be the most neglected part of your wealth.What you'll learn in this video:
1. How to revisit your New Year goals and recalibrate if you're behind
2. What your "December number" is and how to work it out
3. How to break Christmas costs into manageable weekly amounts
4. Why you should create your winter wish list before the sales start
5. The 10 minute pension check that could be worth £100,000s by retirement
6. Which three things to check when you log into your pension portal
7. Why the default pension fund might be wrong for you in your 20s and 30s
8. How the people around you quietly shape your spending
Timestamps:
01:37 – Get on top of your admin
03:08 – Set your December financial target
04:43 – Revisit your original yearly goals
05:09 – Reflect / Brainstorm
06:19 – What is in the market?
06:43 – How I lost out on so much money in the past
08:19 – You are the people you surround yourself with
09:31 – Create a winter wishlist
10:06 – One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
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13 min
July 31 Most Women Are Chronically UNDERPAID (And Don't Even Know It!) | Emma Grede
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In this episode, Emma Grede breaks down:

1. Why she refuses to perform "faux humility" and what happens when women stop shrinking themselves for other people's comfort

2. The real reason women's success keeps getting attributed to the men beside them - and why it's mostly coming from other women

3. Her practical roadmap from zero to six figures: benchmarking salaries on LinkedIn, volunteering for stretch projects, and asking relentless questions

4. How she believes most women are "chronically underpaid" and how to take financial responsibility before anything else

5. The sacrifice no one talks about: how a year of partying cost her £700K and forced her to lock in

6. How she spotted a billion-dollar US brand, invested in its UK equivalent early, and made serious returns

7. Why the "feminine energy" debate is a distraction and how she switches energy depending on what the moment demands

8. Her honest take on motherhood, guilt, and why she doesn't do the school run - and doesn't feel bad about it

Timestamps:

[0:00] - Back in London: "It's my home at the end of the day"
[1:00] - Being the "unrelatable" woman and why she doesn't care
[3:45] - Social media, parasocial relationships and outgrowing your audience
[6:30] - Nature vs nurture: where her self-belief really comes from
[9:00] - Little Emma in East London: the cul-de-sac that shaped everything
[11:00] - "I really liked money" — buying her own freedom from day one
[13:00] - From zero to a $400M+ valuation: how did she get here?
[15:20] - The practical roadmap from zero to £100K
[19:00] - The year she lost £700K and had to lock everything down
[21:00] - Personal responsibility: "I am the problem"
[22:00] - Why women's success always gets linked to men
[26:00] - The "feminine energy" trap and why it's not that simple
[28:00] - Motherhood, guilt and giving yourself permission
[33:00] - Privilege: why she won't caveat every sentence
[38:00] - The new career rules: AI, curiosity and making yourself known
[45:00] - UK vs US: "London's not bad vibes, it's just small"
[47:00] - The investment that paid off: spotting a US brand and backing its UK rival
[49:00] - "Just start. Don't strive for perfection."
[51:00] - Rapid fire: London or LA, skinny jeans or wide leg, ambition or partner first
[54:00] - Friendships and success: "Zero tolerance for jealousy"
[56:00] - What she's teaching her kids about ambition

For the girlies looking to get their finances sorted, clear debts, stack their savings and start making real money, join my virtual Wealthy Weekend Retreat. It's a 48 hour money reset designed to help you go from stressed to sorted with your money. (The first 100 women get an early bird discount, so hurry!) Sign up now! https://reset.thebreakresources.com/

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1 hr 3 min
July 23 Linda Ayoola: I Helped Build a Startup… Then Apple Bought It for Millions!
For the girlies looking to get their finances sorted, clear debts, stack their savings and start making real money, join my virtual Wealthy Weekend Retreat. It's a 48 hour money reset designed to help you go from stressed to sorted with your money. (The first 100 women get an early bird discount, so hurry!) Sign up now! https://reset.thebreakresources.com/
Linda Ayoola is one of the most powerful women in UK music. She went from a banking graduate scheme to joining an 11-person startup called Platoon, which sold to Apple for nine figures — and she was part of the package. As Global Head of Music, she's worked with Mr. Eazi, Ayra Starr, Amaarae, Adekunle Gold, and more. Now she's left Apple to build what's next.
In this episode, Linda breaks down:
1. How a £12K personal investment in a startup turned into life-changing money when Apple acquired Platoon
2. What stock options, vesting, and equity actually mean — and why equity matters more than salary
3. How she negotiated her way from a £60K starting package to a £200K+ salary at Apple
4. The real cost of making a music star — why labels invest £10M+ into artists like Olivia Dean before they blow up
5. Drake's $300M deal, Rihanna's contract freedom, and why Beyoncé still has to deliver albums
6. Why AI-generated music on Suno is "detrimental to real art" and the controversy behind viral AI tracks
7. The pressure of being the only Black woman in a C-suite role, and why she stopped apologizing for her high standards
Timestamps:
0:00 - Drake is a billion-dollar artist
2:00 - Navigating corporate as a C-suite executive
7:00 - From banking to a startup bought by Apple
10:00 - How much Platoon sold for
13:00 - Stock options and equity explained
17:00 - Her Apple salary and shares package
22:00 - "Salary is one thing, equity is everything"
27:00 - Friendships at different income levels
39:00 - The unsexy side of business that makes you rich
43:00 - Signing and developing artists like Ayra Starr
45:00 - Is there still money in the music industry?
51:00 - Rihanna, Beyoncé and the business of contracts
1:01:00 - AI music and the Suno trend
1:03:00 - Being the only Black woman in the room
1:08:00 - Why she left Apple and what's next
Follow Linda on Socials:
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Substack: https://officehours24.substack.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-ayoola/
Stanstore: https://stan.store/lindaayoola
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1 hr 13 min
July 17 Black Nepotism Is Different: Isan Elba on Leveraging Privilege for Good
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Isan Elba, Idris Elba's daughter, doesn't fit the nepo baby stereotype. She dropped out of film school, built a tech platform to tackle beauty product waste, and has a lot to say about nepotism and privilege.
In this episode, Isan breaks down:
1. Why "my dad's money is not my money" and how she was raised to build her own path
2. The difference between Black and white nepotism, and why people root for one and resent the other
3. How receiving thousands of dollars in free beauty products led her to found Beauty Access, a platform redistributing unused products to women in need
4. The beauty industry's failure to take Black women seriously in marketing, hiring, and product development
5. What Love Island reveals about how Black women are positioned in media
Timestamps:
0:00 - Black nepotism vs white nepotism
5:42 - Growing up
13:10 - Dropping out of film school
18:30 - Founding Beauty Access
25:00 - "I am not Mother Teresa"
32:15 - The beauty industry's Black women problem
44:50 - Love Island and representation
58:20 - "The passion comes through the process"
Connect with Isan Elba:
https://www.instagram.com/isanelba/
https://www.instagram.com/beautyaccess/
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#IsanElba #IdrisElba #BlackNepotism #NepoBaby #BeautyAccess #BeautyIndustry #Privilege
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1 hr 15 min
July 17 Ranking The Investments That Made Me a Millionaire
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I've tested a lot of ways to build wealth. In this video, I'm ranking my 5 best investments from worst to best.
I break down:
Property, I own 7 properties, but I think the UK housing market is a bubble.
Picking Individual Stocks - My Nvidia investment returned 15x, but 90% of active stock pickers underperform index funds over 10 years
Angel Investing - The uncomfortable truth: 60–70% of individual angel investments return nothing. But one 10x exit changes everything.
2 Index Funds & ETFs - The S&P 500 has returned ~10% per year for 30 years. A Stocks and Shares ISA lets you invest £20,000/year completely tax-free. Time in the market beats timing the market
1 Building a Business - My #1 wealth-building tool. Working for someone else has an income ceiling. Building an audience and selling to them removes it entirely
This is not generic money advice. This is how I actually think about building wealth.
Want to know the best investments for building generational wealth? I am ranking five asset classes based on my banking and angel investing experience. I've tested a lot of ways to build wealth. In this video, I'm ranking my 5 best investments from worst to best.
I break down:
Property, I own 7 properties, but I think the UK housing market is a bubble.
Picking Individual Stocks - My Nvidia investment returned 15x, but 90% of active stock pickers underperform index funds over 10 years
Angel Investing - The uncomfortable truth: 60–70% of individual angel investments return nothing. But one 10x exit changes everything.
2 Index Funds & ETFs - The S&P 500 has returned ~10% per year for 30 years. A Stocks and Shares ISA lets you invest £20,000/year completely tax-free. Time in the market beats timing the market
1 Building a Business - My #1 wealth-building tool. Working for someone else has an income ceiling. Building an audience and selling to them removes it entirely
This is not generic money advice. This is how I actually think about building wealth.
You can browse everything here and sign up to my newsletter: https://www.thebreakresources.com
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14 min
July 17 Black Nepotism Is Different: Isan Elba on Leveraging Privilege for Good
Sign up to my newsletter at https://www.thebreakresources.com and click the sign up button! Can't wait to connect with you.
Isan Elba, Idris Elba's daughter, doesn't fit the nepo baby stereotype. She dropped out of film school, built a tech platform to tackle beauty product waste, and has a lot to say about nepotism and privilege.
In this episode, Isan breaks down:
1. Why "my dad's money is not my money" and how she was raised to build her own path
2. The difference between Black and white nepotism, and why people root for one and resent the other
3. How receiving thousands of dollars in free beauty products led her to found Beauty Access, a platform redistributing unused products to women in need
4. The beauty industry's failure to take Black women seriously in marketing, hiring, and product development
5. What Love Island reveals about how Black women are positioned in media
Timestamps:
0:00 - Black nepotism vs white nepotism
5:42 - Growing up
13:10 - Dropping out of film school
18:30 - Founding Beauty Access
25:00 - "I am not Mother Teresa"
32:15 - The beauty industry's Black women problem
44:50 - Love Island and representation
58:20 - "The passion comes through the process"
Connect with Isan Elba:
/ isanelba / beautyaccess
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1 hr 15 min
July 02Your Money Is Working Against You ( Here’s What to Do ) | Ayesha Ofori
Ayesha Ofori walked away from Goldman Sachs because she was tired of "making rich men richer." Now she's built her own wealth, a multi-property portfolio, startup investments, and a mission to help everyday people build real financial freedom. In this episode, Ayesha breaks down:
Why the ultra-rich "very rarely use their own money" and how they use leverage to multiply wealth

The difference between saving and investing and why cash ISAs are actually losing you money

Her core-satellite investment strategy: boring index funds as the foundation, high-risk startups and property as the growth engine

Why traditional buy-to-let is dead in the UK and what she does instead

The unspoken truth about being a Black woman in high finance: "looking the part" to gain access

How SEIS and EIS tax relief turns startup investing into one of the UK's most powerful wealth-building tools
This is how someone who managed money for the 1% thinks about building her own.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Leaving Goldman Sachs: "I was making rich men richer"
4:15 - What it takes to be taken seriously as a Black woman in finance
10:20 - Saving vs. investing: the fundamental difference
18:45 - "Cash is not your friend" — why inflation is eroding your savings
25:00 - The core-satellite strategy explained
36:00 - How the ultra-rich use leverage (and you can too)
42:00 - Accessing deals the wealthy gatekeep
50:30 - SEIS/EIS: the UK's best-kept investment secret
1:01:00 - Why buy-to-let is dead
1:09:00 - "Start early. Compounding is the eighth wonder of the world."
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1 hr 15 min
June 26How to Build a Personal Brand as a Woman (Tamara Williams Reveals Her Proven System)
Tamara went from photographer to one of the world's most recognised female personal brands. On this episode of The Break, Tamara Williams reveals the exact personal brand strategy she used to build her empire, and how women can use the same system to stand out, get paid, and stop shrinking.
What you'll learn:
The #1 personal branding mistake women make (and why it's keeping you stuck)

Tamara's "Prove It Cycle", a 4-step framework to move from wanting something to becoming it

How to choose the right social media platform for your brand

Why women chronically undercharge, and how to fix it

The difference between faking it and documenting your journey

How to build a personal brand from scratch, even if you're starting over
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50 min
June 18 I Built a £4M Fashion Brand, Here's What Nearly Destroyed It | Rokeya Khanum
At 17, she was homeless, living in hostels, with a premature baby and no blueprint. Today her fashion brand has appeared in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and turned over £4 million. This is the real story of how she built it and what almost broke her.

What we cover:
00:00 Introduction
02:32 From homelessness at 17 to starting a fashion brand after redundancy and a side hustle beginning as a new mum
05:32 Building in private and why she stepped back from founder content to protect her privacy and choose marketing that fits her
11:23 Rokeya’s founder journey from side hustle to full-time (and how responsibility early in life and community expectations shaped her approach)
19:02 Why there is no fixed path in business or life and how unconventional journeys can still lead to success
23:31 Balancing relationships and ambition as a modern woman (and how to build success alongside personal life)
25:02 Revenue milestones and why profit matters more than turnover when it comes to real business sustainability
29:29 Rebuilding from scratch by restructuring, hiring experts, and removing ego to scale
33:26 The importance of a close support circle and the role of trusted friends throughout the journey
38:42 Becoming your own biggest support system through self-belief, resilience, and confidence
40:11 The reality of success versus expectation including gratitude, rest, and learning to step out of day-to-day operations
44:16 Hiring lessons for growth including slow hiring, fast decisions, referrals, and maintaining high standards
50:28 Motherhood while running a business and managing time as a single parent entrepreneur
57:04 Feeling behind in life? Why personal timelines matter more than comparison

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1 hr 2 min

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The Break is a podcast focusing on what happens when wealth and wellness meet. Your host, Patricia Bright, is joined by a diverse range of guests to discuss how finance intertwines with their professional and personal lifestyles.