In this episode of the Get Ready Money podcast, Tony Stewart interviews Cady North, an author and founder of North Financial Advisors, discussing her journey from corporate advocacy to personal finance and the importance of dreaming big. Cady shares insights on sabbaticals, resilience, and empowering financial habits, emphasizing the significance of compound interest and exploring personal money habits. The conversation covers advice for younger selves, favorite money resources, and strategies for building financial confidence and success.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 It takes courage to make big changes like taking a sabbatical or starting a business.
🔹 Women are more intentional and tend to think longer term.
🔹 You should be a partner with your client.
🔹 Why you should help your clients learn about money so that they are empowered.
🔹 Understand your money habits, ask yourself why you are making certain decisions.
🔹 Take the time to review your employee benefits.
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Cady North is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERâ„¢ professional, author, and entrepreneur. Her parents were small business owners, and she learned to balance a business checkbook by the age of 13. She spent more than a decade advising high-level executives of Fortune 500 companies while working for industry giants such as Bloomberg and Financial Executives International.
In 2015, after a life-changing sabbatical, Cady took the leap to start a financial planning business, North Financial Advisors, helping women act on their biggest dreams and build resilience for the future. As an investment advisor, international public speaker and author, her work has been featured in Bustle, Business Insider, The Washington Post, and Forbes. Her book, "The Resiliency Effect" teaches us how to own our adversity to act on our biggest dreams. Her latest work, "The Art of the Sabbatical," is a money and mindset guidebook for taking a life-changing work break. She is also a Registered Life Planner® and has an MBA from Georgetown University and BA from The University of Texas at Austin.