This episode was an interview with Bobby from Millennial Money Man on attacking debt, becoming a full-time blogger, methods to teach finance in schools and how to scale side hustles.
In today’s episode we cover:
- Bobby’s story starting as a high school music director
- Him quitting his job to be a full-time blogger
- How he paid off his student loans
- His mentor teaching him the basics of managing money
- The lightbulb moment which brought him to start Millennial Money Man
- Bobby’s rule on talking about money with friends and family
- How he hasn’t changed even though he has more money
- The FI lifestyle
- Being a valuist
- Questioning the traditional narrative that everyone has to go to college
- At which age should kids start learning about personal finance
- How the world would change if everyone knew more about finance
- Bobby’s method to get kids interested in finance
- Bobby’s initial idea to do teaching seminars in schools
- How he decided to quit his job
- Getting started with side hustles
- Advice for new bloggers: using your blog as a portfolio
- Scaling your blog/side-hustle
- The path to earning good money with a blog
- Hot Seat Questions
Links from the show:
- Millennial Money Man
- I make $200,000 a year and dress like a scrub
- Dave Ramsey Peace University
- MMM: Free Courses
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