S2: E6: - Creating Financial Joy by Designing your Life's Vision

Today I have the pleasure speaking with Ken Okoroafor, Co-founder and CEO of the Humble Penny and Financial Joy Academy.
Ken has a wonderful and inspiring story. After moving to the UK from Nigeria when he was 14 years old, Ken found it hard to fit in, so he focussed on his studies, knowing that education was the pathway to better himself.
Later on in life he went on a journey of self discovery and made it his mission to educate himself, not only in mainstream education but by other learning methods: mentoring, coaching and experimenting.
Ken started his career having made it into university through clearing and achieved a First Class degree. That led him to explore training as an Accountant which then propelled him to become a Chief Financial Officer for a Venture Capital business in London.
In 2017, he started a blog called The Humble Penny that he ran as a side hustle alongside his full time job as a CFO. He created The Humble Penny to help people demystify money and design their lives for true financial freedom, as he spent most of his career in effect making the rich richer whilst people around him were in decline financially.
He and his wife Mary had been working on getting their personal finances in shape for the last decade and paid off their mortgage in 7 years, and managed to invest in other income generating assets.  They achieved financial independence at the age of 34 years, and have transformed their family life and history entirely.
Given they could see that this was possible, they wanted to share their story and inspire others to change their destinies forever by doing the same.
Having been in Finance for 15 years, Ken took the leap to focus on what he believed was his core calling. – to elevate families financially through the Humble Penny and Financial Joy Academy.
Since it’s inception, The Humble Penny has been making a huge impact. Together, Ken and Mary have been empowering families financially to live life by design and use money as a tool to create a life that works for them.
We talk about:
▶︎The importance of creating a healthy money mindset from an early age
▶︎The language of money
▶︎How to make money work for you
▶︎Investing in yourself
▶︎Designing a life that you want / Preparing your life vision
▶︎The importance of Income
▶︎Exploring and using your creativity to make money
▶︎Saving and investing – putting your money in the right environment
▶︎And much much more!
▶︎  Recommended reading:    Designing your life:  How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life (Dave Evans and Bill Burnett)
Tune in Now!
Ken’s details:
Blog – The Humblepenny.com
Insta - @the humblepenny
You Tube – The humblepenny
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