Joining us in the booth this week is Sammie Ellard-King who is a financial educator and founder of up the gains a financial literacy platform to help people with their finances.

In this episode we discuss

- How Sammie got out of £24,000 debt in 18 months

- How to identify your financial freedom number

- The exact steps to go from debt to financial freedom

- Side hustle vs a side business

- Why your side business doesn't need to make £10,000 a month

- How much you should Save vs how much you should Invest

- How investing can help you to achieve financial freedom and much more!

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upthegainsmoney

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Preview

00:59 - Intro

01:34 - Meet Financial Educator Sammie

04:14 - WorldFirst Ad

05:24 - Growing up in St Albans

09:15 - How I became a Marketing Director by 29!

14:37 - Trading 212 Ad

15:50 - Moving from Marketing Director to a hospitality business 

20:59 - Why I created up the gains

23:34 - I paid off £24,000 debt in 18 months. How I did it 

28:27 - What is your financial freedom number?

30:56 - The different types of financial freedom! 

35:35 - Side hustle vs Side business

46:57 - Examples of side hustles 

51:23 - How to identify the right side hustle for you

55:54 - How much should you save every month? 

01:00:29 - Cash ISA vs a Stocks and Shares ISA 

01:04:09 - Why you should invest! Pro’s and Cons

01:07:55 - Exact steps for you to start investing today! 

01:13:40 - How I built my six figure investment portfolio 

01:18:19 - How to develop your investor mindset 

01:22:33 - The importance of getting to £100k net worth quickly! 

01:26:07 - Financial literacy platform up the gains 

01:28:03 - Final words

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