Baby Steps to Financial Freedom

Apr 04, 2022

In this episode, we honor Financial Literacy Month and show a little Teacher Appreciation with an interview with Kristina Ellis from Ramsey Solutions.

Kristina Ellis is a best-selling author who believes no student should be burdened by student loans. She has helped thousands of students earn a debt-free education by sharing practical wisdom from her personal experience of earning over $500k in college scholarships.

Kristina inspires us with some very uplifting stats about teachers and our potential to retire with more money than we ever thought possible and she tells us exactly HOW we can take baby steps starting NOW to set ourselves up for financial freedom and even wealth as educators.

In this episode you will:

Learn about Ramsey’s Baby Steps to gaining finical peace (14:00)
Understand budgeting (25:00)
Hear about Ramsey’s financial curriculum - Ramsey Education (28:30)
Know how the teaching profession fits into the National Millionaire Study (31:40)
Learn about the movie Borrowed Future (35:00)

CALL TO ACTION: THINGS YOU CAN DO TOMORROW

Plan ahead - create an “emergency fund” that you can fall back on when things get tough.
Reflect on how/where you are spending your money and create a budget.
Get help with your finances - find a professional that can help you with your financial planning.