Today we are chatting with Melissa Thomas.
Melissa is a financial coach, the author of the book Building My Yellow Brick Road: Life Lessons from Pursuing a Dream, and the blogger behind MelissaTheCoach.com.
But before doing all of that Melissa hit financial rock bottom in 2009 and slogged her way to successfully paying off over $43,000 in debt in just 4 years.
Timeline:
- 00:44 - Intro
- 01:17 - Melissa’s Financial Freedom Journey
- 07:01 - The Afford It Fallacy
- 11:31 - How much to save in an emergency fund
- 14:15 - Personalizing your Financial Freedom Journey
- 18:17 - Comparing Yourself to Others
- 20:05 - When your spouse isn’t ready for Financial Freedom
- 27:56 - Debt Free is Life Changing
- 29:21 - Leaving Your Comfort Zone
- 35:49 - Rapid Fire: What is one thing someone can do today that can have a lasting impact on their financial future?
- 39:26 - Rapid Fire: What is the best financial advice you have ever received?
- 40:00 - Rapid Fire: What is an internet resource such as Raise, CardCash or Rakuten that you recommend?
- 42:17 - Rapid Fire: What is one book you recommend everyone read and why?
- 44:48 - Contacting Melissa
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