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Stephanie taught English for 30+ years in North Carolina. Unfortunately, throughout most of her career, she was not privy to financial literacy. Did she invest? If so, how much and in what? How is she making it in retirement off of her NC pension? As the saying goes "hindsight is 20/20"...what advice would she give to teachers who are currently working to prepare for life after education? Tune in to hear her story! 

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In this conversation, Jillian and Dave discuss the concept of mini retirements and how they can lead to a fulfilling lifestyle while pursuing financial independence. They discuss "mini retirements" throughout your career, emphasizing the importance of taking breaks, traveling, and spending quality time family. We explore the challenges and benefits of unconventional choices, the gradual transition to early retirement, and the value of practicing mini retirements to prepare for a fulfilling post-work life.

Surprise...teachers are uniquely equipped to give this practice a shot, EVERY SUMMER!

Here are some of the links that she might have mentioned based on the direction our conversation during the show: 

• Website: https://retireoften.com/
• Book Purchasing Link: https://lnk.to/retireoften
• Free Opt-In Worksheets:
  • Planning: https://retireoften.com/mini/
  • Negotiating: https://retireoften.com/onemonth/
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What a crazy week! The stock market is down around 10%...should I keep investing? Should I sell? What can I control when we face these uncertain times? Former teacher and current financial advisor, David Gourley joins us on the show, almost in REAL TIME to discuss! 

David is a former coach and high school math teacher, helping teachers from around the country build their financial foundation and grow their wealth. Check out David's website below! 

https://www.k-12planning.com/

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Brandon just spent 40 hours training NC teachers on how to be an effective classroom teacher in the area of personal finance and economics. Were the teachers receptive? Does Brandon think it will "work" with students? Dave has been teaching the course for two years and he shares his thoughts as well as a few student success stories. Almost half of the US is now REQUIRING students to take a personal finance course to graduate.

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Greg is a 55-year-old retired teacher/coach from Texas who has a 5 million dollar net worth. Greg has had multiple stints in education over the course of a 20 year teacher.  During a large part of his teaching career, Greg also served in the Air Force Reserves.  Greg and his wife have owned less than 10 cars (combined) in their lives and are raising their family of four in a 1500 sq foot home. Greg is the classic "Millionaire Next Door."


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The best day to start investing was yesterday.  The next best day to invest is today! At FIT, we believe teachers should begin with the end in mind and reverse engineer their career.  Knowing your projected SS, pension and other retirement numbers will help shine the light to a bright retirement.  What IF you have never taken the time to do this? What IF you have ZERO dollars invested for retirement and no nest egg for your future? In this episode, Rich shows us how a teacher with no retirement and debt can head into retirement and STILL be successful.  No, it wasn't due to prior "Bridge" planning like a 457(b) or rental real estate...Rich used his skills as a teacher, retired at 50 and started an entirely new career. Now, Rich is on the path to being a net worth millionaire at 62 years old. 


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Eric learned about hard work as child, growing up as the son of small business owners of a restaurant in Cape Cod. Frugality has been a way of life for Eric as he has taken his bike to work, had roommates and packed lunches to save money. After college, Eric moved to Europe for a period of time and is currently in France on sabbatical from his teaching job.  This fall, Eric heads back to the US and will be getting back in the American classroom as a foreign language teacher.



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Chad has been teaching math for almost a decade in North Carolina.  He is a Marine Corps Veteran and has spent many years in the private sector before getting into teaching.  Chad isn't worried about net worth millionaire status but is choosing to live his rich life traveling and spending time with his family.  With the real estate market being hot, Chad and his wife decided to sell and cash out while they could.  Instead of renting for years, they made the decision to purchase a camper that they can one day rent out.  In addition to teaching, Chad's side hustle pressure washing business makes him over 3k extra per month.

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Jade and her Husband Sam married in 2007, one week after college graduation. They had $280K just in student loans! In addition, they also had credit cards, two cars we couldn’t afford, and a small townhome to round it out. 

But in 2008, they started listening to The Ramsey Show and learned all about the Baby Steps and what we needed to do to become debt-free. It took them a while to shake their old habits, but once they truly got fired up, they did whatever they could to earn more money—from substitute teaching, to teaching voice lessons, to designing websites, to hosting jet ski tours, to working at a vinyl tint and lettering garage. They even house hacked and sacrificed personal space by getting roommates.

Jade and Sam eventually made their way on the Ramsey show to do their debt free scream and she could have never imagined that she would one day become a Ramsey Personality.

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Dave and Brandon started the FIT podcast a little over two years ago.  We had no idea if the show would last 10 episodes, let alone 100+ with a book coming out this summer! As the show has grown and we have picked up many listeners, we felt like it was important to share a little about our own money journey and the WHY behind FIT.  Thanks for being a part of the FIT Family!

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